CHRISTMAS
“C” Is For Christ, Our CORNERSTONE
“H” Is For Christ, Our HIGH PRIEST
“R” Is For Christ REACHING FOR US
“I” Is For Christ, IMMANUEL
“S” Is For Christ, The SERVANT King
“T” Is For Christ, Our TREASURE
What is a treasure? It is something of great worth or value. It is a person that we especially value as rare and precious. We treasure many things and people in life, the roof over our heads, the material things that we have, our ministries, our husbands, our children, our grand-children. We place great value on these things and people (the list could go on and on). Where is our “True Treasure”? What should be more valuable to us, than anything or person, anything physical in this human existence? What and who do we treasure?
This week, my cousin “G” visited us. We were talking about our relationship with God and placing value on our relationship with Him, above all else. It was a confirmation, to me, of the word I had chosen to represent the letter ‘T’ in the word CHRISTMAS. Whatever we treasure, there is where our time will be spent and there is where our HEARTS are.
Since I became a Christian, I’ve spent a lot of time ‘taking notes’ about sermons I’ve heard, thoughts from my prayer time and time spent in the Word. But, recently I’ve become a journaler (if there is such a word…if not, I just made one up). There is a difference between taking notes and journaling. Taking notes is writing down an explanation of what you’ve heard or read. Journaling is a record of experiences, ideas and heart felt reflections. The same is true in our relationship (OUR TREASURE) with Christ. Our explanation of what we think we know of Christ is very different from our experiences, ideas and heart felt reflections of Christ. And we can only express and exhibit the later by placing the highest of value on Him. OUR TREAURE Is CHRIST.
God the Father Treasures Christ, His Son
Hebrews 1:3 says, “The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of his being, sustaining all things by his powerful word. After he had provided purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in heaven.” NIV
We Learn to Treasure Christ, Through the Power of The Holy Spirit
The Holy Spirit, awakens our hearts to experience the “TREASURE OF CHRIST”.
Jesus said, “When the Counselor (Holy Spirit) comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth who goes out from the Father, he will testify about me.” John 15:26 NIV
Jesus said, “He (the Holy Spirit) will bring glory to me by taking from what is mine and making it known to you.” John 16:14 NIV
2 Corinthians 4:6 says, “For God, who said, ‘Let the light shine out of darkness’, made his light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ.” NIV
“In The Face Of Christ, OUR TREASURE, is the Valuable Image of God”
The birth of the Christ child is A TREASURE in God’s Plan
Thoughts to ponder: Are we note takers, or journalers? Are we explainers, or experiencers?
Scripture to ponder: Matthew 6:21
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