We can't talk Christmas and not talk about purpose. There are a few lessons we all can learn from the season.
Today, Santa Claus, whatever it is, has almost taken over the purpose of Christmas. Watching a cartoon on TV yesterday as the writers tried to give reason to the celebrations, I saw how they were frantically trying to pin Christmas on Santa Claus as if it's Clausmas and not Christmas.
To me, it is an abuse of purpose. Not that Christmas celebration itself is sacrosanct to the purpose of Christ's incarnation and manifestation in the flesh, but, at least, it bears His name and it was originally meant to celebrate His birth even if the gospel didn't tell us His birth date.
The crux of the celebration therefore should be the birth of the Christ and the importance of His coming into the world. This is purpose.
We all know, as we have been taught that when purpose isn't known abuse is inevitable, the blurring of the purpose of Christmas is giving way to its abuse. It may eventually become unnecessary if it's purpose isn't pursued.
To the business world, if an abuse of purpose becomes an unexpected path to product acceptance and patronage as Christmas has become, such is an acceptable abuse but not so for our spirituality. The abuse of Christmas isn't good for purpose.
Christmas should celebrate Christ. Celebrating Christ is finding out the purpose of His coming and accepting what that is, otherwise, it's of no use.
No matter how merry a Christmas is, if Christ isn't enthroned in the heart, it is of no use. No matter how many gifts we give or take, if we haven't received God's gift of Christ into the heart by faith, to believe the message and the values Christ brought and to accept the works He did for our salvation, those gifts are mere vanities.
The message and the works of Christ and the grace of God's love they represent are the crux of the purpose we celebrate at Christmas... Any other thing is an abuse of purpose...
Merry Christmas to you and your family? Remember, it is Christmas and not Clausmas...
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Thanks for making an attempt yo straighten things out. More blessings sir...
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ReplyDeleteOh yes. Keep it up sir God bless you sir.
ReplyDeleteThanks for this sir. We will endeavour to keep in mind the reason for the season.
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