Christmas 2011. It always seems like the Christmas season comes and goes extremely quick. I remembered that this year and welcomed the Christmas music as soon as Thanksgiving was over and had the tree up a week after Thanksgiving. Now that its over we’re all looking to 2012. Many of us have been waiting to make major changes to our health, diet, commitments, relationships etc until the new year rolls in.
Maybe Christmas for you was like the very first Christmas; a perfect mess! Maybe things didn’t go as planned. Sometimes when nothing goes as planned and we’re left with a huge mess Jesus actually has room to do what only He can do.
If you’ve felt like 2011 has been a bit out of control like many of us have, lets expect that we’ve got the perfect condition for Jesus to move. How many times did we see Jesus disciples in a huge storm? Jesus was with them the entire time and they we’re still freaking out. We can do the same things so many times. The storm seems huge, when all the while we’ve got Jesus right beside us. One of the names of Jesus is Emmanuel; which means, God with us. Not just that He walked the earth just like us but that He actually WALKS WITH US.
Having Jesus with us doesn’t mean we won’t face storms; job loss, health problems, relational problems, it just means He will walk with us.
His strength is available for us today. This is a reminder for me personally. The Bible says He will never leave you or forsake you. it does not say we will never face trails. I love the lyrics from the song Never Once, “Never once did we ever walk alone, never once did He leave us on our own, You are faithful, God You are faithful!”
Lets take a moment today to remember the faithfulness of Jesus. That while were yet sinners Christ died for us.
