Post-Christmas Review

Many of you are probably involved in the follow-up activities of Christmas. Some of these activities require your willing participation while others demand that you participate. These activities may include trips to the mall to exchange some gifts; you may need to clean and re-arrange the house after the guests have left; you may find yourself re-positioning the left overs in the refrigerator especially the dessert dishes and last but not least moving all of the garbage to the curb so that it can be picked up and taken to the incinerator to be destroyed. These are just a few of the events that normally follow a celebration with our friends and family. It seems that we wait such a long time for this season to arrive and it passes so quickly.

 

The anticipation of the arrival of Christmas gives us somewhat a snapshot of our life. The Bible compares our life to a vapor that appears and then vanishes away. We are here on earth for our assigned time and it is during that time, whether it is brief or long that we make our preparation for our eternal home. I do not want this post to be viewed in a negative manner but I do want us to remember that we have a purpose to accomplish on this earth. And God through His marvelous presence will provide us the Grace that we need to accomplish that purpose. Many of us work very hard at making this temporary life as comfortable as we can. We want to provide the best that we can for our family and we want to make sure that each of them have the tools of life to succeed. BUT do we expend that same energy, commitment, dedication and lifestyle adjustments to see our spiritual goals and purpose accomplished? Do we view the eternal as important to our life as we view the temporary? Should we not even view the eternal more important than the temporary?

 

I encourage you to look back at this year and appreciate all that you accomplished in your life. I also invite you to look ahead as we approach 2014 and ask God these questions. "What can I do to strengthen my relationship with You? What areas of my life need adjustment? What commitments do I need to make in 2014 that will forever change my eternal view of life? How can I  more effectively serve in 2014 so that I can overcome the spirit of selfishness that has so gripped our society?"

 

Let each of us prepare our hearts to follow the leading of the Spirit into our eternal destiny!!!