God’s Greatest Gift
Dr. Ernest L. Easley
Isaiah 7:14
Now with our Bibles opened to the book of Isaiah, we find ourselves in the hustle and bustle of the Christmas season. As wonderful as this time of year is, it can be very frustrating, says the one whose job it is to haul all the Christmas decorations and trees up from the basement. I really can’t complain though because it may be my job to bring it all up, but then it’s my wife’s job to set it all up.
And then there’s the annual discussion and decision regarding who is getting what gifts and how much money you’re spending on everyone. One way to lower everyone’s expectations and spend less money this Christmas is when everyone is sitting around the tree with their wrapped gifts in their laps anticipating their dreams coming true, after reading the Luke 2 Christmas story, simply look at them and say the word ‘‘Inflation.’’ Perhaps that will lessen the sting of disappointment, but hey, think of all the money you will save.
Inflation may be an issue for us, but it was no issue for God on that first Christmas morning. There’s no inflation in heaven. He owns it all and has it all! I suppose when you own the whole earth, you can splurge for Christmas.
Now there’s something about God you need to know and it’s this: he loves giving gifts to his children. He is a giver of good gifts. He is a giver of gifts with no blemishes. That’s what we read in James 1.17, ‘‘Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.’’
Students, do you want to know how to motive your parents to give you good gifts for Christmas this year? Just remind them that God gives good and perfect gifts to his children and if they want to be like God, then simply put it under the tree. Amen?
If that doesn’t work, remind them what the Bible says in 2 Corinthians 9.7b, ‘‘... God loves a cheerful giver.’’ If that doesn’t get them in a giving mood, quote Acts 20. ...
Dr. Ernest L. Easley
Isaiah 7:14
Now with our Bibles opened to the book of Isaiah, we find ourselves in the hustle and bustle of the Christmas season. As wonderful as this time of year is, it can be very frustrating, says the one whose job it is to haul all the Christmas decorations and trees up from the basement. I really can’t complain though because it may be my job to bring it all up, but then it’s my wife’s job to set it all up.
And then there’s the annual discussion and decision regarding who is getting what gifts and how much money you’re spending on everyone. One way to lower everyone’s expectations and spend less money this Christmas is when everyone is sitting around the tree with their wrapped gifts in their laps anticipating their dreams coming true, after reading the Luke 2 Christmas story, simply look at them and say the word ‘‘Inflation.’’ Perhaps that will lessen the sting of disappointment, but hey, think of all the money you will save.
Inflation may be an issue for us, but it was no issue for God on that first Christmas morning. There’s no inflation in heaven. He owns it all and has it all! I suppose when you own the whole earth, you can splurge for Christmas.
Now there’s something about God you need to know and it’s this: he loves giving gifts to his children. He is a giver of good gifts. He is a giver of gifts with no blemishes. That’s what we read in James 1.17, ‘‘Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.’’
Students, do you want to know how to motive your parents to give you good gifts for Christmas this year? Just remind them that God gives good and perfect gifts to his children and if they want to be like God, then simply put it under the tree. Amen?
If that doesn’t work, remind them what the Bible says in 2 Corinthians 9.7b, ‘‘... God loves a cheerful giver.’’ If that doesn’t get them in a giving mood, quote Acts 20. ...
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