DECEMBER 25 NOT THE WAY WE WOULD CHOOSE By Don Lough, Jr. President and CEO, Word of Life Fellowship For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord. And this will be a sign for you: you will find a baby wrapped in swaddling cloths and lying in a manger. (Luke 2:11-12) If you received an assignment to conduct a rescue mission to save the world, how exactly would you do it? Your first move might be to recruit a superhero, seasoned leaders, or even a legion of elite soldiers. I would certainly want the best equipment and technology money could buy.
What about sending a newborn baby lying in a feeding trough in a cave behind an inn at Bethlehem? As crazy as it sounds, this is exactly what God did.
The world needed rescue; God sent a baby. He sent His only Son, Jesus, on a rescue mission down to earth as a helpless infant. The songwriter* says, “This is such a strange way to save the world.” *This strange way is the surprise and wonder of Christmas. None of us would ever dream of this rescue plan. But God reminds us in Isaiah 55:8, “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways.” His way is always the best and only way. God’s rescue plan entailed sending His perfect and sinless Son to die on a Roman cross. Jesus died to save you from the penalty of your sin, and He rose again from the grave. When He did this, He made the only way for you to enter a personal relationship with God and to get to heaven. Jesus said, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me” (John 14:6). What a day to celebrate God’s surprising rescue plan! We know that God’s way—His plan to send His Son as the Savior of the world—was the perfect way. It opened the door for us to experience a relationship with Him and to receive the promise of eternal life in heaven.
*“A Strange Way to Save the World” by Mark Harris, Dave Clark, and Don Koch
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