THE REVEAL

Have you thanked Him?

Have you praised Him?

Have you made it your priority to agree and cooperate with Him today?

Have you taken that deep breath and listened for what He has for you today?

1 Timothy 2:1 (The Message)

^1-3The first thing I want you to do is pray. Pray every way you know how, for everyone you know.

Well here we are!

T minus a few hours and counting before the calendar flips and it is once again December 25^th, CHRISTMAS DAY!

Kids are wired like chimpanzees on Monster drinks and diet pills. Parents are frazzled after the hours of running, shopping, and wrapping.

The procrastinators and the insane have pushed their way into the fray; running the retail gauntlet scurrying for that last minute “whatever” that was forgotten or overlooked.

It is chaos. The air buzzes with both anticipation and frustration as the clock ticks toward the BIG REVEAL!

But just wait a second here! WHOA! WHOA! WHOA!

Let’s all hold up for a tick.

Before you get too caught up in the crazy take a pause.

RESET.

Yes, this is CHRISTMAS EVE and yes tomorrow will be a wild and wonderful day for most. But don’t lose perspective.

This is the eve of the most amazing event in history. And it has nothing to do with IPADS and HDTV’s I assure you.

Go back with me to another “eve” will you?

A little virgin girl is racked and staggered with contractions. A stable is being prepped for the most unexpected and unfitting of arrivals. A devoted husband is likely looking for “hot water”, because isn’t that what all the husbands look for in those old T.V. shows when someone is about to give birth?

“WHERE is THE HOT WATER and BLANKETS? We need HOT WATER”

And while Joseph is frantically boiling and blanketing, Bethlehem is oblivious to what is about to happen.

Yet ALL of the cosmos are on watch. It is must see T.V. in heaven.

No angel is taking a break to even fluff a wing or two. Their eyes are fixed on what is about to happen. They are locked and loaded onto the countdown of countdowns. They know they are minutes from something astonishing, something that will change the world forever!

Matthew 1:21

She will give birth to a son. You will name him Jesus. Give him that name because he will save his people from their sins.”

This was it. GOD's gift of grace was just minutes away. The clock was ticking.

The Messiah and Savior King was about to be revealed!

Through the silence of hundred’s of years a baby’s cry was about to knife through the uncertainty and GOD’s voice was again to be heard!

Can you imagine that expectancy? Can you imagine the crackle of energy and excitement that coursed through the very fabric of heaven?

The time was approaching. GOD’s BIG REVEAL was just moments away.

Can’t you feel it?

So ask yourself. What are your anticipating this most important of “eve’s”, what has you feeling expectant?

Is it the last minute “chaos” or the last minutes of the countdown to GOD'S eternal gift?

Just something to think about it.

Be blessed and safe today.

I love you all.

Freedom Church

Pastor GDelaney