What A Plan!

Colossians 1: 15-16 (THB) says "Christ is the exact likeness of the unseen God. He existed before God made anything at all, and, in fact, Christ Himself is the Creator who made everything in heaven and earth..."

And yet He chose to wrap Himself in human flesh and enter the womb of a young Jewish woman putting her in peril of her very life while allowing Himself to be born into enemy territory. What kind of plan is that? All that He could live as we live, walk where we walk, be tempted as we are tempted and die that we may no longer die.

What kind of God is this?

Scripture says He is love. He loved us so much that He sent us His Son that whosoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. That is the plan in a nutshell. I know I would willingly die for my children. In a heartbeat. No matter what they do or how they act or truthfully....even how they feel about me. I'm much happier when they express their love but their response has nothing to do with my love for them. I think that is a picture of God's love for us. A tiny picture because He has no shadow or impurity in His love for us.

His plan - and never doubt - it was preplanned from before Adam, is one that requires faith. We have to believe Him. We have to believe in Him. We have to believe that we are deeply and immeasurably loved - regardless of how He shows that love for us. We are living in hard times and many of you are going through trials and you might be tempted to throw in the towel.

Look deeply into the manger this Christmas. See the little baby - born to poor parents who were probably as confused as we are - and believe that He came to make a way for you to go home and this is not it. We are aliens and strangers here and what we long for and dream of is coming.

Now we need a plan. A plan that doesn't look at bank accounts or stock options, headstones or hospitals - it is a plan that involves looking up. Up - where heaven is. Up - where our Savior sits at the right hand of the Father. Up - where everything we long for and wait for is prepared for us. Up - where Christmas begins and ends. I love you - Merry Christmas!