Today’s Devotional Written By A Miracle and A Blessing: Tracy Koweh
Which Town Visit Will You be Attending?
Philippians 4:19 (Amplified Bible)
19And my God will liberally supply ([a]fill to the full) your every need according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus.
Today’s message in the music comes from the famous Christmas song “Santa Claus is Coming to Town”. I was in my car last week just signing away and the Lord asked me to listen to the words. Of course I felt the need to remind Him, that like most, I already knew all of the words. Then He just said, “I hope Santa doesn’t visit your town, when Jesus comes back, cause like most, your going to miss THE visit”.
Whoa, is all I could say. So I decided to listen to the words I had been listening to and singing and teaching Jaida. The song says: “You better watch you, You better not cry, You better not pout, I’m telling you why……….Santa Claus is coming to town. He’s making a list, and checking it twice, Going to find out who’s Naughty or Nice….” and so on. Then it hit me, Santa has become another way of taking the focus off of Christ.
We take our kids to sit on Santa’s lap and tell him what they want and need, on somebody else’s birthday at that. We have them write a list and even let them mail it to the North Pole. We take them to have breakfast with Santa, pictures with Santa, and even help them leave cookies out for Santa. My oh my, when was the last time you taught your kids to sit at the foot of the throne and tell the one true living God what they wanted and needed. When was the last time we showed them to eat from the Word of God to start their day off, because breakfast is the most important meal of the day. And when have they ever saw us leave something or do something for Christ.
We sing songs like Santa Baby, all the while forgetting that the baby in the manager is not only the real meaning of the season, but that His Father is the true provider of every present under every tree. It’s funny how we’ll allow our kids to stay up all night trying to get a glimpse of Santa, but we won’t make them stay awake a few hours in church, to get a glimpse of Jesus.
So today I say: “You better watch out, You need not pout, You don’t have to cry, I’m telling you why…………Jesus Christ is coming back to town. He has a list, He won’t check it twice. He already knows, Who’s naughty and nice. Jesus Christ is coming back to town. Merry CHRISTmas to all and Happy Birthday Jesus. Thank you for dying so that we may live.
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