The Promise

The Christmas season is well upon us. Decorations, holiday foods, gifts and all the other trimmings that come with our traditional Christmas season are in full swing. It is easy to get caught up in the hustle and bustle. For some the holidays bring about a time of sadness and depression. Maybe they do not have family near and will be alone. Perhaps they have been laid off and the weight of financial devastation is so great they can not carry the burden. There are too many 'what if's' to list.

The saddest is perhaps they have just never known Jesus Christ as their personal savior. Let's pause and take time to consider how many people in this world simply do not celebrate Christmas as the birth of Jesus. Today's posting addresses this.

Friends, I will be taking a Christmas vacation from writing new posts until the first of the year but I will be sharing previous thoughts. I hope you enjoy it. Today it is titled 'The Promise'.

Blessings,

Lynn

The Promise
If you've known me any length of time, you've heard me say I don't know how people that don't have Jesus make it at all. Seriously, Jesus is the only thing that has kept me going when things were bad. I feel so sad that people have the opportunity to have Jesus in their lives, yet choose not to. Not ever hearing about Him is one thing, but to know He's available and still not turn to Him, is 'plumb dumb'.

It amazes me that some will practically drool in anticipation for their next paycheck which will only last as long as it takes to get to the bank and pay a couple of bills. There are those who proudly stash money away in retirement plans so they can take care of themselves when they are old; yet they do not think of the eternity they will spend somewhere. Their 'promise' of security is the paycheck and retirement check, both of which they take credit for having. I'm not saying planning ahead is a bad thing. I'm not saying having money put back is a bad thing. What I am saying is that all the comfort or promise some people ever have comes from those sources.

In our country, you don't have to look very hard to find a church...or a bank; they are everywhere. We are blessed to be able to have so many from which to choose. Still, there are people that choose not to make Jesus a part of their lives. Their faith is in financial planning. Enron, Madoff, bailouts; these words should be a wake-up call to those with that mindset. Many unfortunate people are jobless and bankrupt with nothing to fall back on. They worked all their lives for the promise of that money and "poof" it was gone.

Jesus will never be a puff of smoke that will blow away in a poof. That's a promise you can hold on to. When the Enrons of the world tumble and fall around us like the wall of Jericho, we will still have our Rock on which to stand where others will be stumbling on the rubble. My prayer for each of us today is that we MAKE the opportunity to tell someone about our security, our promise, our Jesus. Ask the Lord to place someone in front of you today that needs to know there is a real promise they can trust; to give you a divine appointment for you to share.

He is faithful. How faithful are we to follow the Great Commission and tell every nation, tongue and creature of the Good News of our Promise? Your mission field may be your work place, your neighborhood, your children, your extended family & friends. The Great Commission did not say to do this only if it feels comfortable to you or if you have extra time or if it's not going out of your way. YOU reap the benefit of the Promise because someone somewhere shared with you about Jesus. Pass it on, it's a promise for all generations for all times. How blessed are we??!!