THE MOST IMPORTANT GIFT

LETS REMEMBER THE MOST IMPORTANT CHRISTMAS GIFT

Many of us will both give and receive gifts at Christmas.  We will thank people for their gifts, explaining what their gifts mean to us.  We might show off the gifts sitting under the tree to people who come to visit during the holiday season.  We will possibly describe to long-distance friends or family what we were given, especially the gifts we most value.

Gift-giving and receiving has long been a part of the Christmas tradition.  The very first Christmas gift, came in the form of a baby who was wrapped in swaddling clothes.  Try as we might to describe this gift, we will never fully be able to explain it.

This was a gift motivated by a love so wide, long, high, and deep that we will never fully understand, let alone describe, it. That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man; Eph 3:16

This was a gift given once for all, a gift that keeps on giving and is for all who will receive it, difficult to understand and describe its all-sufficiency.  By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all  Heb 10:10

This was a gift given sacrificially for undeserving people, at a cost only One person could ever pay, something beyond our normal life experiences.  But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.  Romans 5:8

This was a gift given without strings attached, a gift that can only be received through faith because it was given by grace, something our works-oriented brains have a difficult time wrapping around. But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name: Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
John 1:12-13

How do you respond to such an indescribable gift?  We can start with expressions of gratitude. Thanks be to God for his indescribable gift! Thanks be unto God for his unspeakable gift.  2 Cor 9:15