At any given point between birth and death, you are taking a step toward, or away from, a personal acknowledgement of God.
You are influenced, cajoled, browbeaten, misled--or hopefully warmly invited through truth--to consider this God to which you one day will return.
Churches go into overdrive in the Christmas season. Many people visit church once or twice a year--Christmas and possibly Easter. Church leaders want the messaging just right.
What is the message, exactly? And in this season of exceedingly busy, what more is expected of you?
That's the interesting part. Practicing your faith embrace is entering into what God has already done for you. Romans 4 puts it this way:
Abraham entered into what God was doing for him, and that was the turning point. He trusted God to set him right instead of trying to be right on his own...that trusting-him-to-do-it is what gets you set right with God, by God. Sheer gift.The gift under the tree with your name on it is God setting you right with him before you even set out on your spiritual journey. Your faith embrace is saying yes to his action--receiving the gift.
Jesus came as God's way of setting things right.
It is amazing. It is simple. Yet so easy to miss.
'Tis the season for gift-giving. This one is for you.
