Dec 25 2009
The Creator who entered His creation
Greetings on this Christmas morning!
It was star which began the process of understanding that which we call Christmas – a star which shone bright in the heavens and which seemed to move as if guiding those who would follow it. The Creator was shifting the heavens for a momentous event. Wise men chose to follow the star and they found a new born baby in a cave just off the Shepherd’s Fields outside Bethlehem. Some shepherds in those fields were themselves startled by the bright light and they heard angels singing.
Wise men and simple shepherds came together to bear witness to the spectacular – a baby born, new life begun. But this was even more extraordinary because this was no ordinary baby. This was God – the Lord of all creation, the Master of the Universe, making himself utterly dependent on man.
God became a man, a baby in a virgin’s womb – following his own rule for a nine month gestation period, and the years needed to be lived in order to grow to be a man – so that he could lay down the life he took up in order to change our destiny.
This is what Christmas is all about – the Creator God who entered his creation in order to change its course.
Happy Christmas! Whether you like it or not, your destiny has been changed because of what we celebrate today. Two thousand years ago it suddenly got better, and it IS better! You cannot imagine what life would have been like without Christmas. And life can be still better when it is truly lived in the light and life of the Saviour. Hallelujah! Amen.
Rev. David de Kock
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