The Big deal of Christmas

I was at church this morning and the pastor preached about Christmas.

"The meaning of Christmas has become warped, commercialized, and economically biased over the years." We have forgotten the very essence of why Christmas is here.

Christmas is suppose to be a reminder of our wait for the Messiah.
What does that mean? To wait on Christ?
I guess it's hard to understand since I have not lived the years before Christ came.
Reading from the Scripture, waiting on the Messiah has been a prolonged mission.
Christ came and showed that He is the Messiah. He's here, finally! After all those years, the wait it over. And yet, there were witnesses--who saw Him, His action, and His miracles with their own eyes, who entirely rejected Christ. They continuously tested Him and accused Him for blasphemy.

How would I have reacted to Christ?
Would I have believed that He's the Messiah? He's the BIG deal?
Or would I have completely missed the picture?
And join the priests in stoning Him?
I don't know. I have been waiting for the Messiah for a while..
I have suffered quite enough, so have my mother and father and my great great great grandparents...
Would I believe that this is it?
This man...is my Savior?
"If You are the Messiah, tell us plainly."

He said, “I did tell you, but you do not believe. The works I do in my Father’s name testify about me, but you do not believe because you are not my sheep. My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me.

If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not.

But if I do them, though ye believe not me, believe the works: that ye may know and understand that the Father is in me, and I in the Father."

Over the years, it's becoming clearer to me what it means to follow Christ.
Christianity is not a stereotype, it's a way of life.
It's not about what we say and who we appear to be,
it's about what we do and how we live our lives.


What does it mean to wait on Christ?
It means that we need Him.

What is Christmas?
It is a celebration and testimony of having Christ in our lives.

Although presents and surprises are my favorite things in life, they are not Christmas priorities. Time to get ready to celebrate Christ's arrival!