The Reason

Colossians 2:14 “He erased the certificate of debt, with its obligations, that was against us and opposed to us, and has taken it away by nailing it to the cross.” ~CSB

Kenny is a middle school student and athlete. He participates in the school’s football program and is very good for his age. One day he gets information about a ‘D1’ program that will not only help him become a better football player, it will also help him get into a good college or university. But when Kenny looks at how much it will cost, his spirit becomes low. To him it is a lot of money and he did not want to bring this to his parents.

Fortunately Kenny’s coaches talked with his parents. They felt the investment in their son would be worth it so they made it happen. Kenny’s parents paid for something that Kenny could not. And because of this, Kenny will get to move into an area of his football career where he will have the chance to get better and also have access to the best colleges of his choice.

As Christians, this is what happened for us. There are laws listed in the Bible that are impossible for God’s children, (as we are born into sin), to fulfill. Taking away our chances for everlasting life with Father. But God loves us so much that He chose to give us a chance at salvation. We celebrate this season, as God's Gift to all His Children, was born.

God's sacrifice of His One and Only Son, is His gift to us all. You see, Jesus would take all our sins, all that ‘debt’ we could not pay for, and take it with Him to the cross. Everything that kept us from the glory of heaven, our Lord and Savior took it with Him and it was nailed on that cross. And when He died, our debt died on that cross as well. But on that third day, Jesus conquered death. God raised Him from the dead, allowing our chance for salvation to rise up with Him! It is because of Jesus, we have zero debt. It is because of Jesus we have ‘V.I.P.’ tickets to be with Him and our Father in heaven. It is because of Him our chance for everlasting life exists!

So this holiday season, it doesn’t matter if Christmas is not the way you want it to be. It doesn’t matter if you don’t have the finances to get others gifts or if you don’t get any gift yourself. That’s not what this season is about. There is a gift that all of us have already received and it is the best gift ever given and received. The reason this season exists is because a Man, over 2000 years ago, made a choice to give His life for all God’s children. The joy of this season is knowing we serve a God who loves us so much that we have a chance to be with Him and His Son in paradise. All we have to do is believe that Jesus died for our sins and was resurrected for our salvation. This is the true meaning of the season.

May God continue to bless you and your families as you all continue to walk in Jesus’ name.

Amen