Christ Is Born In Our Hearts!

Christ Is Born In Our Hearts!

For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord (Luke 2:11).

Merry Christmas! How wonderful to know that Jesus was born, and that the reason He came to the world was to bring salvation to the whole world. This is what makes Christmas a joyful celebration indeed. The Bible says in Luke 1:68-69 “Blessed be the Lord God of Israel; for he hath visited and redeemed his people, And hath raised up an horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David.”

However, this salvation, as glorious as it was, was only a means to an end. God’s plan wasn’t just to bring us out of sin and bondage and leave us to suffer and rot away in life. His plan was to make us new creations and fill us with His Spirit so we could worship Him in spirit and in truth: “But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him” (John 4:23).

For the Holy Spirit to come to the earth, Jesus had to first leave, which was why He told His disciples in John 16:7 “Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you.” Now, the Holy Spirit has come, not just to be with us, but to live in us. This is the greatest thing mankind could ever know; to become the very tabernacle of the living God. The very idea or suggestion of it alone is overwhelming. Jesus was born, and He lived to die that we might live. Today, we live because He lived, died, and came back to life to be born in us.

This is the excitement we share today; that the same Christ who was born nearly two thousand years ago, lived, died, and came back to life to be born in our hearts. Thus, Christmas will not only be remembered for the baby-Jesus that was born in Bethlehem, but for the Christ that is born in our hearts; who lives and reigns forever in us and through us. Aren’t you glad about Christmas? It made it possible for Christ to be born in our hearts, and to live and express Himself through us.

Prayer
Dear Father, thank you for sending your beloved Son, Jesus, not only to save us, but to make us new creations. Now I can celebrate the joy of Christmas today and every other day, rejoicing over the Christ that has been born in my heart! Thank you, dear Father, for Christmas, in Jesus’ Name. Amen,

Further Study
Isaiah 9:6
For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.

John 14:16-17
And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever;
17Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.


Daily Scripture Reading
1 Year Bible Revelation 17
Reading plan Zechariah 1-3

2 Year Bible Revelation 19:1-10
Reading Plan Zechariah 5-6