SEVEN MORE DAYS TO CHRISTMAS

BY STEVE DUNN

Reading: Luke 2.1-7

I walked into Walmart Saturday morning to be greeted by their Christmas Countdown sign which read; 7 MORE DAYS UNTIL CHRISTMAS.  They were wrong.  It was 6 days!  It was early in the morning but someone was not on the ball.  The shelves were filled--jammed, in fact, clearly having been refilled the night before.  Walmart was obviously hoping Christmas did not arrive too soon. They still had tons of merchandise to sell before Christmas Eve evening arrived and even Walmart would be closed. 

I suspect Mary and Joseph, making that compulsory journey to Bethlehem were also hoping that Christmas did not arrive too soon.  Having a baby on the back of a donkey on a rugged road, or nestled in a rock cropping next to that desert  road were not ideal either.

How many of us have such busy lives that one of our more frequent refrains is, "If I just had a alittle more time"?  How many of us are so disorganized that time slips away from us as we occupy it with running in circles instead of getting anywhere useful?

It is important always to remember that ultimately God is in control of Time--He is its Lord.  Time is a ;precious commodity, precious particularly because God gives us time for His purposes under Heaven not for our desires.  So important, in fact, that Paul reminds, "Redeem the time."(Ephesians 5.16-18)

Christmas will arrive now in six days--ready or not. Are you ready?

Christmas also reminds that there is a second arrival of the Christ,  A time when time will be  no more.  Are you ready for that time, as well?

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