Just a Beginning!

The presents have all been opened, the wrappings have been discarded, company may have gone home and you may be working on the leftovers from Christmas dinner. You may be feeling a little of the Christmas blues, that let down after all the build up and frenetic activity that leads up to Christmas. It’s over so fast.

But part of what makes Christmas so awesome is that it’s not over; it’s just the beginning.

The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death, a light has dawned! Isaiah 9:2

That first Christmas is when the light got turned on; Christmas isn’t over the next day, it’s a new beginning. It is truly a day to celebrate! We commemorate that light.

For unto us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called 

Wonderful Counselor,

Mighty God,

Everlasting Father,

Prince of Peace.

Of the increase of his government and peace there will be no end. Isaiah 9:6-7

Jesus is the beginning. His birth as a baby, while wondrous as it was, was only the start. Every day since that day God has reached to people through his Son, in a more direct way than ever before. The man Jesus lived God’s love for us. He died and rose again, and then sent his Spirit at Pentecost to indwell us. Today he reaches to every man, and does it through his people who are indwelt by his Spirit.

"Now thanks be to God who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and through us diffuses the fragrance of His knowledge in every place."

2 Corinthians 2:14

Jesus is the beginning, and he is also the end. He leads us in triumph! Live each day in that triumph. It is that joy and relationship with God that is a fragrance to those who don’t know him.

So, no after Christmas blues. We have a light to shine in the darkness, that lights the land of the shadow of death. People living in sorrow need that light. Christmas is a great start, but it’s only a start, so keep living the love of Jesus to everyone you come in contact with.

This little light of mine,

I’m gonna let it shine…