Hey everyone,
I am sorry I haven’t been able to post yesterday. But today I really want to talk about the second week of advent: Love
When you give a gift to someone is there love in your heart?
Usually if you give a gift to someone close to you, you can’t wait for them to open it. Gifts are often a symbol or a token of your love.
Well Jesus is God’s gift to the world. Since the creation of the world God had a plan to send his Son.
As soon as Adam and Eve sinned in the Garden of Eden, God knew the Earth was in trouble and He wanted to save it. The only way to redeem humanity was for someone to die in our place.
The question is: Who would go?
God’s only son Jesus looked at his father and said, “I’ll go. Send me.”
It must have taken every ounce of love in His heart to say, “Alright son. You can go.”
The Bible says in John 3:16 “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only Son, that whoever believes in Him will not perish but have eternal life.”
So Jesus stood up from his throne where he was the ruler of the universe. He dismissed all the angels who followed his every order. He took off his crown, laid down his scepter, and removed his royal robe.
He gave up all of Heaven’s riches and power to rescue us.
And he knew exactly what he was going to face even before he stepped off the throne. He knew he was going to be forsaken by man and even his own Heavenly Father. He knew every excruciating detail of his death and all the pain and suffering that would go with it.
But he went anyway.
Romans 5:8 says “But God showed his great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners.”
Jesus humbled himself and stripped himself of all majesty when he came to Earth.
John 1:14 says “So the Word became human and made his home among us. He was full of unfailing love and faithfulness.”
The King of Heaven became a helpless little baby. The Lord of Lords who ruled creation had to rely on his mother and have his diaper changed. He became the lowest of the low for us because he loved us.
1 John 3:16 says “We know what real love is because Jesus gave up his life for us. So we also ought to give up our lives for our brothers and sisters.”
Let’s take that verse to heart. Because Jesus gave it all for us, we shouldn’t just sit there and appreciate his love. We should do the same as Christ by giving up ourselves for other people. It could be as easy as running an errand for a senior or shovelling someone’s driveway. The most valuable thing we can give to someone is our time and attention.
This Christmas as we give gifts to other people, let’s pause and reflect on the greatest gift of love that was ever given: Jesus Christ. But don’t just keep that wonderful gift to yourself. Give it away!
If you want to learn more about God’s love I suggest you read the Christmas story in Matthew, Mark, or Luke. You could also read 1 John which is a book that specifically talks about God’s love.
Keep walking in faith my friends,
Sarah
The Walk 