The Unspeakable Gift

[Perrin556]

What is the greatest gift which you have been given?  As I think of this question in the light of God's word, the words of Paul come to mind:

"Thanks be unto God for his unspeakable gift." (2 Cor. 9:15)

"Unspeakable"  it cannot be fully describe, it is a gift which transcends all other gifts.  

As I think upon God's gift and sending his only Son into this world, the words of the following hymn cause great joy in my heart.

God sent His Son, they called Him Jesus,

He came to love, heal, and forgive;

He lived and died to buy my pardon,

An empty grave is there to prove

my Savior lives.

Because He lives I can face tomorrow,

Because He lives All fear is gone;

because I know He holds the future.

And life is worth the living just

because He lives.

                         by Bill & Gloria Gaither

The gifts of this season pale in view of God's gift the Lord Jesus Christ who came into this world that he might be our Savior.

In Luke 2 the heavens could not be silent at his birth as the angel of the Lord declared "good tidings of great joy" to shepherds in the field.  This angel was joined with a multitude of heavenly hosts "praising God and saying, glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men"

The world in general was not aware of this momentous event and yet we see wise men from the East travel a great distance to see him.  "and when they were come into the house, they saw the young child and Mary his mother, and fell down and worshipped HIM.  And when they had opened their treasures, they presented to him gifts: gold, frankinsese and myrrh.

May we bow our heads before him in appreciation, praise and worship as we rejoice in the fact that "For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life" John 2:16

Robert

[eric]

Amen Robert. unfortunately they don't seem to sing songs like that anymore and if they did they would probably jazz it up and take the reverence out of it. Nice post. thank you and bless you.... :thumb: eric

[Catsmeow]

Perrin - Amen, bro... isn't His love so awesome! Sometimes it's so overwhelming.

I'm so happy and excited to be in this  wonderful relationship with our Lord.  

I don't know if anyone else relates to this, but...as time goes by I really understand what David meant when he said, "Oh, how I love thy Law!"

You know, I don't mean being legalistic  but just loving the Lord by loving His ways, loving His character and wanting to imitate Him.

I want to worship Him by living the way that pleases Him and by being  a conduit of His love on earth.

This holiday season, I want to be mindful of the incredible mercy and grace that was extended to me when I had absolutely NOTHING to give Him back.

Praise be to His Name

[WISDOM]

I don't know if anyone else relates to this, but...as time goes by I really understand what David meant when he said, "Oh, how I love thy Law!"

You know, I don't mean being legalistic