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Friday December 28, 2007
The Christmas Treasures
“I will give you the treasures of darkness, riches stored in secret places. So that you may know that I am the Lord the God of Israel who summons you by name.” Is 45:3
God does not have to, but God likes to prove His existence to mankind by fulfilling His Word.
He is able to bring treasures out of places we may not even know existed.
In Mt 2:11 we read “The Magi opened their treasures and presented Jesus with gifts of gold, incense and myrrh.” Do you think an ordinary carpenter and his wife expected such gifts? Their gifts were probably the work of their hands and their fields. Gold must have been an unexpected surprise and treasure. I think God loves to bless His people. I think He likes to meet our needs but I also believe He likes to give us treasures – exceedingly above and beyond what we could think or imagine.
Christmas is a celebration of the treasures God bestows upon us. It is more than about gifts, it is about treasures. Treasures implies so much that we have to have extra storage to put all the stuff in! Treasures last. They grow and increase in size and value.
When God sent Jesus into the world, He sent us an eternal abundant treasure from heaven. When we accept Jesus as our Lord and Savior we are accepting a treasure from heaven that we get to keep forever. “For God who said, Let 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. But we have this “treasure” in jars of clay to show that this all surpassing power is from God and not from us.” 2Cor 4:5-7.
Treasures in jars of clay – not only do we carry the treasure of God within us though, we actually are the treasure of God. Deut 7:6 We are a part of the treasure of heaven.
Do we really understand what Christmas is all about? It’s more than a gift. It is a treasure.
What a gift exchange we make. We get to be new creations; receive daily bread; get seed for sowing and increase, full barns, abundant life, streets of gold, joy unspeakable and full of glory.
No wonder the angels sang the praise of God.
To our modern generation their message could have been “Hey dead men, wake up! You just hit the jackpot! God just gave you everything, if you’ll just receive it!
Have a Happy, Healthy, Blessed, & Prosperous New Year!
Love & Prayers,
Norm & Judy
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