GOD KEEPS HIS PROMISE

Matthew 1:21 NLT And she will have a son, and you are to name him Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.

Well it’s Christmas Eve and Mary and Joseph’s lives were about to unfold the next part of God’s great plan for mankind. We all know babies change our lives forever and the arrival of Jesus more than any other baby in history! 

Can you hear their voices when they finally held Him in their arms and they looked with awe and wonder as they whispered His name for the first time to each other, ‘Jesus’ - Emmanuel - God with us.’ He was here, no more waiting. God’s promised Messiah had entered our world after being prophesied for 700 years. What a momentous, emotion packed moment!

What a responsibility to be given! Were they anxious, elated, overwhelmed? Maybe all of the above but one thing was for sure He was God’s Son. Right from when God stopped Abraham from sacrificing Isaac, and said He would provide Himself a Lamb, the world had been waiting for the One who God had prepared, and He had finally arrived!

God doesn’t forget His promises. What He has said He will do, He will do. So take heart as we remember the arrival of God’s entry into our world and welcome Him into our own personal world in amongst all the celebrations, because in the middle of it all, it’s all about Jesus.😊

I pray we all have a lovely Christmas, one which whispers Jesus all the way through. And as we take the time to remember Who we are celebrating we won’t be anxious but we’ll be elated and overwhelmed again with the goodness of God and His enormous love He has for each one of us, and His promises which never fail.  In Jesus name. Amen.

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