The power of the Christ Child is what God has been teaching me about this Christmas season. Last Sunday in church we looked at the first part of Luke and how Mary was told she would carry the Messiah. I cannot help but just be amazed that she was so calm and collected after hearing such alarming news! Of course she had some disbelief, but she knew that the Lord had chosen her and she so willingly accepted the mission He had set before her.
Today on my way home from the dentist, there was a cheesy radio drama on, at first I thought it was just a bad commercial, then I listened closer.
It was a dramatized version of Simeon & Anna in the temple and their anticipation for the coming King. Then when the little humble family did show up, just the power of the small baby Jesus was incredible to hear in the radio drama. These two people who had waited all their lives for the promised Messiah had not lost hope, they knew they would see Him! And the joy that must have filled their entire beings when their eyes met His for the first time. The words of Simeon in the drama, "...I have now seen Salvation first hand!" He saw His Savior; he recognized Him, even wrapped in the humble rags. The power of that small Babe astounds me and leaves me in utter awe. People with faith truly find Him. But even better yet, He knows every heart, He has prepared hearts to trust in Him, He will see to it that His power is known in every heart that puts trusting faith in Him.
Oh to know and experience the power of the Christ-child every day.
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