Focus on Jesus
It seems each year many get farther and farther from the truth of the gospel of Christ. The big problem with that is …eternal life seems like a fairy tale to those that are content with living in the world.
The reality of life on earth is all that matters to the non believer. On the other hand…the focus with a Christian should be totally on the Lord Jesus.
Sometimes we all fall short of keeping our eyes on the Lord this time of year. Bible says in I Chronicles 16:9 Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him, talk ye of all his wondrous works 10 Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the LORD. 11 Seek the LORD and his strength, seek his face continually. Let’s stay focused on what really matters wither its Christmas or any other season.
Here is a poem I wrote Christmas of 2004. I love sharing it because it always fits each year. Entitled.
What Really Matters.
It was two weeks before Christmas and it began to start. Everyone was scrambling and rushing to get to Wal-Mart. Their credit cards were in the orange and checking account in the red in hopes that their rich uncle would soon be dead.
Old Saint Nick sitting high on a mountain top watching, waiting with a smile because, he knows the sales will bring shivers and grins to the rich folks in just a little while.
Mommies and Daddies go to cocktail parties and Daddy drinks away the pain. While their teenage kids take drugs to do the same.
A homeless man is cold and holding up a sign, “I lost my job could you kindly spare a dime. I’ve got a wife and little boy who always depended on me but, all seems hopeless so we had to turn to charity.”
Our leaders gave our jobs to the foreign lands to make the economy strong so we could still stand but, we depended on God in the past for wrongs and what’s right but, now it seems God gets farther and farther from our site.
It seems it’s going to take more than just knock some buildings down and take over three thousand lives to turn to a Saviour who can turn lives and country around.
It was little baby Jesus who was born over two thousand years ago the one wrapped in rags in a stable the free gift of life not with a fancy bow.
It was God in the flesh who grew into a man to die for all who would believe in His plan.
Salvation is paid for by way of the cross by a man name Jesus its God’s love for the lost.
So stop and think when in the Christmas rush, what really matters to all of us. It’s not Old Saint Nick or the man in the suit of red, its Jesus Christ who was raised from the dead.
We wish each one of you a Christ filled Christmas and a safe and happy new year.
Love in Christ Jesus, Ronnie Miller www.themillersbiblestudy.com
