On this Christmas Eve in 2015th the year of our Lord, I want to remind all of us (myself included) not to take our relationship with the Supreme Being, Deity, and Creator for granted.
So many people throughout time and with many religious attempts have sacrificed animals, crops, health, hunger, and even their own children attempting to make the deity/deities (whoever they are) approve and not punish them. But this in itself is not relationship anymore than a child has a relationship with Santa Claus or the Tooth Fairy, or I have with my office fax/copy machine. If we limit our relating to Jesus Christ, the Father, and the Holy Spirit to this kind of "relationship" then there is very little personal intimacy. Perhaps your tradition has taught you that this is all you can hope to expect from a relationship with Jesus, but Jesus didn't become a man and die an excruciating death to be just like every other deity man could dream up.
Jesus is the Son of the Almighty Creator of the Universe, yet has limited Himself to being fully human because of His great love for us. He wants a true relationship with you: talking, guiding, making you all that you were Created to be. Jesus coming to earth was an invasion of the enemy's territory, where He exposed the lies holding people captive for thousands of years. He came that you may have life, and have it abundantly! He didn't come to list out all what you should and shouldn't do. He wants your heart to be free from sin's strangleholds, true, but His main message was to receive Grace (acceptance) into unhindered relationship with the Almighty Creator, and empower you through the Holy Spirit and the Truth of Jesus to distribute freely that Grace (acceptance) to the lost and hopeless in the world.
Our relationship with Jesus is what people seeking oneness with the supernatural throughout the ages hoped for. Its cost is that we give up trying to fix things ourselves and trust wholly in Jesus. May you experience the eternal Hope of Jesus Christ this Christmas and abundant life for all eternity!
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