Something to celebrate this Christmas
As a student, I remember getting a buzz when a favourite teacher greeted me by name as I met her going up the stairs. And just a couple of weeks ago at an academic conference, I got a little buzz too when one of the keynote speakers mentioned my presentation in his closing address.
Why?
Because it feels good when someone “important” knows us.
Well, how about this? The Creator of this universe knows me too. In fact, He knows every single one of us. Not in a hi-bye sort of way either. God created us and knows us intimately. The Bible tells us that God created our inmost being and knit us together in our mother’s womb (Psalm 139:13). God has numbered all the hairs on our heads (Matthew 10:30). God knows all the plans He has for us, plans for our good (Jeremiah 29:11). Before a word is on our tongue, God already knows it (Psalm 139: 4). God knows when we sit and when we rise (Psalm 139:2). He is familiar with all our ways (Psalm 139:3).
Someone once told me that she found it difficult to believe in the God of the Bible because she came from a background which had never known or acknowledged Him. Well, consider this: Whether or not we know God, God has known us all our lives. In fact, He was watching over us when we were formed in our mother’s womb, so He has known us since before we were born. And now He’s waiting for us to get to know Him.
This Christmas, let’s choose to worship the God who knows us and who created us to know Him. And let’s celebrate the fact that “God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life” (John 3:16).
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“Now this is eternal life: that they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.” (John 17:3)
Photograph (by R Tang): Detail from my Christmas tree last year
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