Have you noticed what is first in God’s story of Christmas? If you look closely, the Christmas Story begins each time it was written in God’s Word—with the same seven words. Have you pondered them?
Luke 1:5 There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the division of Abijah. His wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth.
Matthew 2:1 Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men from the East came to Jerusalem,
Interestingly, God describes the whole life of one of the greatest thinkers, builders, and rulers of all time, King Herod, with such a temporary feel: “in the days of Herod the king”. What a sobering perspective.
All of our earthly existence, when seen from an eternal perspective, can be reduced to just “our days”.
God’s Word says that we live like a flower of the field in our short earthly lives: we spring up, flourish, flower, wither, fade away, and are gone in a matter of days, when seen from God’s perspective!
Christmas is a time for us to soberly reassess all these fleetingly short days of our lives; and to refocus our hearts on the enduring investments God offers us to make; and to remember just what life is really all about.
From FJC-03a – The Two Kings of Christmas – Which is Your King (091213PM)
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