The Christmas Story 2011

 

It is so absurd, this King of the galaxies lying in a feed box for animals, this Creator crying in a stable.  Anyone can see at this point that this story isn’t man-made.  Who would ever believe it?  If I were making up a religion that I wanted people to believe in, I’d never insert stuff like this.  Only God could tell a story this ludicrous and then claim that it is true.

Mary’s tiny baby would separate light from darkness.  This child would cause a line to be drawn in the sands of eternity and in the hearts of all people everywhere.  He would shine into, and then through, the lives of all who would choose to follow Him.  As Jesus said later, “I am the light of the world.  If you follow me, you won’t be stumbling through the darkness, because you will have the light that leads to life… I have come as a light to shine in this dark world,  so that all who put their trust in me will no longer remain in the darkness” (John 8:12; 12:46) and “Believe in the light while there is still time; then you will become children of the light” (John 12:36).

The words of Jesus have the power to impale the darkness and create offspring of light.  Life was in Him, and this life gives light to the world.  A world as dark as ours is in need of the light of God, and it arrived one night in a manger.  All of creation had been waiting since Eden for the dawning of this baby’s birth.

That first Christmas God sent a light so strong we would never have to be afraid of the dark again.

(Taken from “Story” by Steven James)