This evening as I was traveling to a Christmas eve service, I received an image of Jesus that brought new significance to the Birth of Christ. As a parent one of my most precious memories is when my new born child took hold of my finger. Even when I was a child myself, I was always amazed at the smallness of a newborn's tiny hands and feet and I would offer my finger to the infant with hopes of a tiny clutch.
Tonight as I ponder the birth of Jesus, I love the image of the infant Jesus wrapping His tiny hand around the finger of Mary. This infant child, God Himself, taking hold of the finger of mankind. Jesus Christ with His tiny hands and feet was worshiped that night by angels and shepherds, the Star announcing His birth. Baby Jesus, a gift from God.
Jesus' hands that grabbed His mother's finger were the same hands that would be nailed to a cross. His tiny feet were the feet nailed to that tree. The life born that Christmas day, was the life that Jesus surrendered for our sins.
Christmas Day is a day to remember that God came to take hold of the finger of mankind.
Discover and Proclaim the Truth of The Bible which is: "For God so loved the world that He gave His only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him may have eternal life." (John 3:16 NRSV). Jesus came to humanity to proclaim and give evidence to that love and He has commanded us to do the same. We, who believe, must not merely be followers, but we must be proclaimers of the Gospel Message and we can only do that by being filled with the love of God.
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