God’s Word calls us to especially ponder one question this season: Have we given to God our greatest and dearest treasures this Christmas?
In the Gospels, five lives have been immortalized by God for what they did. Each of them gave far more than a single gift, they each demonstrate:
A Life Focused on Giving to God
Think of that. Five individuals did something that only God really saw, and only a few others barely witnessed as they watched. But what those five did has become a part of what will last forever and ever.
This morning each of us are also offered the opportunity each day to do things only God really sees, and what few if any others get to witness, but when we give ourselves in acts of obedient offerings to God, we become a part of something that will last forever and ever.
1. Giving to God Like Mary: A Life of Consecration (Luke 1:26-55) which we saw was giving our attention to God, giving our independence to God, giving our body to God, giving our future to God, giving our schedule to God. That is giving a life of consecration to God like Mary.
2. Giving to God Like the Shepherds: A Life Wrapped with Humility (Luke 2:8-20) which we saw was coming to God like we are, listening to God when He speaks, responding to God immediately, going against the crowd, seeking Christ until we find Him, telling everyone the Good News.
3. Giving to God Like Simeon: A Life of Walking in the Spirit (Luke 2:22-35) which we saw was seeking each day to be emptied of self, filled with the Spirit, illumined by the Spirit, and led by the Spirit.
4. Giving to God Like Anna: A Life of Thanks (Luke 2:36-38) which we means giving our life to God; giving our words to God; giving our circumstances to God; giving our physical presence to God; giving our spiritual consciousness to God; giving our spiritual disciplines to God; giving our thanks to God.
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