Christmas Morning: Son Rise on a New Dayਨਮੂਨਾ

Sometimes I will get text messages offering me jobs with unreal pay and fantastic benefits. They come from a number I don’t recognize and they are for jobs I never applied for, so I assume they are either a mistake or someone phishing for information with the intent to harm and not to bless. I delete these messages and mark them as spam.

2,000 years ago, the angel Gabriel appeared to Mary at her home in Nazareth. Gabriel announced that Mary had been graced by God, and that she would have a new job - being the mother of Jesus, the Son of the Most High! Though Mary knew God, she had never received a call from an angel, and since she had not applied for the job as “Mother of Jesus,” she was greatly troubled.

The angel puts Mary at ease by continuing to share the unreal blessings and fantastic benefits that would come from Jesus’ arrival. Her son would be the Son of God who would assume the throne of David and have a kingdom that would know no end! Could He be the Messiah? Was this too good to be true?

We live in a world that often over-promises and under-delivers. We get so many “too good to be true” offers that we often delete them or ignore them, assuming they are intended to harm us instead of help us. Though that strategy might prove beneficial in our treatment of text messages, if applied to our spiritual life, it could prevent us from receiving the blessings God is offering.

Jesus really is the Son of God, who will sit forever over His Kingdom. He is a great king … the King of Kings, and He invites us into His care. Though this offer may sound too good to be true it is no less real. By His grace, the One born to Mary is offering us salvation and eternal life. Don’t delete the offer! Embrace it and enjoy the unbelievable benefit of life in His eternal kingdom.