Friday, December 23, 2016

The Wrapped Gift

Today, Christ is still the wrapped present under the tree.  He is still wrapped in the flesh of His mother.  We sit like little children longing to open that gift, the most beautiful gift we have seen.  Imagine a tree where the only gifts under the tree are things, we are so lucky our gift is salvation and love.

But do we really ever open that gift?  Do we stare at it and decide we know what's in it so we don't have to open it?  I think most of us never really open that gift.  We've read the Bible, we know God and what he asks of us.  We know it, we don't have to open the gift.  If we did open the gift that is the Beloved, He might ask something of us.  He might ask us to change or give us the courage to do what other people wouldn't like.  Opening that gift might be scary.

So we don't open it.  We show other people, look I have the gift of salvation, I must be doing things right.  We think because we have some knowledge that we know what God is calling us to do, but if we never really open our gift we keep Him from truly calling us.

If we open the gift we invite Him into our hearts and allow Him to rule there.  We become radicalized with Love.  We can truly do all things in Him but we have to open that present and allow Him to do things through us.

How do we know that it is the Beloved working through us and not the deceiver?  There are many people in the world today who think they are doing Gods will who are not.  We know we do Gods will when we always act out of love and compassion.  If what we do is really for our own gain, or hurts other people then it isn't God's will.  I am not talking about the hurt of showing someone they are wrong, sometimes we have to do that, but even then it has to be done with an abundance of compassion.  Bombing innocent people isn't God's will.  God is Love.  Open the gift and see where it takes you.

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