We all love to get gifts; but isn’t it even more fun and satisfying when we give someone else a gift? We watch as their face lights up as they anticipate what’s inside. And we do so simply because we love and care about them.
The greatest love gift of all was given over 2000 years ago. That gift is God’s own Son, Jesus Christ. Oh, how much God must have loved us to give his Son to the world; even when He knew one day his Son would, in turn, show the world how much He loved it when He gave His own life on the cross.
For gifts to be of any use or value, they first have to be received. God’s gift is free and oh, how He longs for you to open it and let Jesus come into your life and become your Savior. I think His face must shine even more brightly!
Probably the most famous and favorite verse in the Bible is John 3:16 (and for a reason). It says it all:
“For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”
This is what Christmas is all about!
(GOD’S LOVE GIFT TO US HAS ETERNAL VALUE)
