Nothing More Wonderful

December 26

Part of the beauty of what transpired in the Holy Land at that first Christmas season was that an amazing truth was recognized. Ordinary people going about their day-to-day lives were touched by truth, and that truth transformed their lives.

From the young virgin who agreed to the plan posed to her by the angel, knowing her reputation would be in shambles and her life would be in danger, saying, “…be it unto me according to thy word,” Luke 1:38, to Simeon who gladly relinquished his life at the point when God’s amazing Promise was in his arms (Luke 2:25-32), they received the Truth that was extended to them with joy.

May we be like them. May we encounter truth and may truth set us free from the mundane pursuits of our lives to follow hard after the Savior whose birth we celebrate at this glorious season. If we will, we can be like Mary who simply kept the truth she received and pondered it in her heart (Luke 2:19), knowing a day would come when she would need the power of the truth to keep her as she watched her Son die on a cross.

Like her, we may encounter hardship because of loving Him. Or we may be like Simeon who realized the purpose of his existence had been fulfilled in holding the Christ to his bosom. Can any person of faith enjoy a greater measure of wonder than that which he senses when he allows Jesus to reign in his heart? No, there is nothing more wonderful than to slip from the grip of sin into the arms of Jesus.