A Glorious NightSample

At Christmastime, we tend to think that the birth of Jesus is only good news for the people who know Him. After all, people who don’t know Jesus haven’t experienced His grace, love, or redemption. They don’t have a relationship with Jesus, so in that sense, Christmas might seem like a holiday only for Christians. But Christmas is bigger than that. It can’t be contained in any church or denomination. Christmas is for everyone.

In fact, Jesus said that He came for the lost (Luke 19:10). He came to bring hope to the hopeless, rest to the weary, and light to those trapped in darkness. There is not a single Christian alive today who wasn’t, at one time, lost. None of us is born knowing Him. And so, this Christmas, look around you and see all the people who don’t know Jesus, and remember, they don’t know Jesus yet. While we await His return, there is still time to invite more people to know Jesus. There is still time to pray for loved ones and to serve someone in Jesus’ name. And maybe next Christmas, someone in your life who’s lost today will be experiencing “the thrill of hope.”