BECOME THAT GIFT TO SOMEONE

As we celebrate Christmas we are reminded of the greatest gift of all. The gift of salvation. That is the reason for the season. Jesus, the Son of God left all of His glory in heaven, and came down to earth and suffered and died for the sake of lost humanity. Thank God for His incredible gift.

Notice that to become that gift, Jesus did two things. First, He left His glory zone, His Father's throne in glory. He stepped out of eternity into our world where He came and lived among us. He identified with us taking upon Himself the form of man. For us to become a gift to others, for our lives to become a blessing to others, for us to add value to others, we must identify with them. We must leave our "thrones in glory", our pride, our arrogance, our "holier than thou attitude", and come down, identifying ourselves with those that we are helping. Those that we are leading and those that we are teaching.


Secondly, He left His comfort zone. He risked His life for us dying for us on the cross. Easter is really why we celebrate this season. He was born to die for us. We fear to die, leaving our comfort zones. We fear to risk, we fear adventure not realizing this is what we were really made for. We forget that we have to take a risk to reap a reward.

This year, I again left my comfort zone, I took a risk, to become a gift to many others as I use the gift that God has given to me. My wife and I realized that, like a ship, we are safe sitting in the harbor, but that's not what ships are built for. Sure there are risks, rogue waves, hurricanes, etc, but if they never set sail, they will never reach their destination. So we launched Two ship solutions and plunged into the deep sea and since then we have been walking on water. We have been able to touch many lives and see many marriages healed and restored. To God be the glory.

We can't wait for what next year holds for us as we continue coming alongside you our beloved readers in helping you and inspiring you to become, yes, that gift to someone if not some people. Thank you for supporting us and for faithfully gleaning from my blog. I believe your lives will never be the same again.

Have a merry Christmas and Fruitful 2012.