God is with us

Can you believe it is that time of the year again, gone is 2009. Enjoy this week's devotion and have a wonderful Christmas season.

Matthew 1:21-23(21) She will bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins."(23) "Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and they shall call his name Immanuel" (which means, God with us).

Jesus is Immanuel, God with us. Hallelujah!!! God did not wait for us to try and reach Him by our own works, but He put on flesh and became man to reconcile us to Himself. He did it all and all we can do is give Him our all. He is among us and not distant. We can and should know Him personally, like a friend. We can just receive this salvation and then enter into a relationship with the Lord Jesus and the Father and the Holy Spirit. We do not deserve it, but Jesus earned it on our behalf. There is a big difference between religion and relationship and Jesus made the way that we did not have to be in a trap of trying to find truth, or to find the gods. He connected us in a living relationship with the Father who created all that exists. Oh the Good News of the Gospel of Jesus. That is what you and I will celebrate this Christmas time. Forget about the extras that was added by man and focus on the reality of man united with Yahwe, the Living God. May the God of Peace, who is peace, enlighten your minds that you may know the richness of Christ that is in you. May you experience the closeness of the Holy Spirit this holiday season and may you get to know God more intimately than ever before. Remember Jesus Christ is the center of Christmas.