It
will be another 11 months before the phrase "Keep CHRIST in Christmas"
becomes a daily occurrence, and the fb pages, bumper stickers, tshirts,
and billboards are going to be plastered with it. Articles about the "War on Christmas" will be shared, facebook pages will call for a "Rally", your friends and family will discuss just how crucial it is to refrain from saying "X-mas" even though X is the symbol of the Christ. We will all get up in airs over the day December 25th and what the old church chose to have it represent.
Now, hear me out: That's great and all, but allow me
to challenge you to do something better that debate the origins of the tree, the materialistic nature, the lack of charity. You see, Jesus didn't ask for
Christmas. He didn't ask that we do all this, all He wanted done as
remembrance among ourselves was communion. His outreach
to the world, the showing of His grace to the masses, was supposed to be our daily lives. It was meant to be an
every day occurrence, for those who loved Him to show His love to
others, with their prayers, gifts, time, and above all, the way we treat
people. He didn't say "Do all this around Easter and maybe at Thanksgiving and definitely at Christmas time." He didn't ask for any of the hype we endure each winter. He asked for every day. Keeping Christ in Christmas is awesome, but the reality is that
the true battle we are up against is keeping Him in our every day life.
Outreach doesn't end Dec. 26. Charity doesn't. Giving love doesn't. The church made it, the world commercialized it, we falsely fight for it, but the truth is that it isn't as big a deal to God as what we think it is. He doesn't want a birthday party. He wants us to live in a constant state of joy, thanksgiving, and love. Christmas is nothing compared to what Jesus really asked of us, to
follow and live as He did, every. single. day.
So if you really want to "keep Christ" do it as He asked you to, always.
So if you really want to "keep Christ" do it as He asked you to, always.
