 Christmas
– God’s reminder of miracles and hope!
By Darren and Kami
Palmer, ministers, Faith Assembly of God, Lincoln |
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[December 14, 2016]
For
many, the nostalgia of this Christmas season is enough. A manger
scene… A shopping mall… A family gathering… They all equate to
simple good feelings and memories.
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 But the original Christmas is full of something more. It’s full
of heaven invading earth in so many ways.
It’s absolutely impossible to believe in the Christmas story without
believing that there is a God in heaven that is passionate about
interacting with His creation. He is a God of miracles and He loves
to reveal Himself!
Angels
An angel meets with Zachariah in the temple to tell him of John.
An angel speaks to Mary.
An angel directs Joseph on multiple occasions.
Angels fill the sky and sing their anthems in the fields with simple
shepherds! Holy Spirit
The Holy Spirit “overshadows” the virgin teenage girl Mary,
encountering with her in a powerful way, and plants the Son of God
in her womb.
The Holy Spirit leaps inside Elizabeth’s womb and fills John, Jesus’
2nd cousin, with the power of the Spirit.
 The Holy Spirit guides the old prayer warrior Simeon to the temple
at just the right moment to find the Christ Child on His
circumcision day.
This story is filled with God given dreams, supernatural protection,
and divine direction. This story, perhaps above all other true
stories, is filled with wonder and mystery – and miracles.
Throughout the rest of the New Testament, first in the ministry of
Jesus Himself, and then in the ministry of the New Testament Church,
we see the same thing: God is a God of miracles.
He cleanses leapers,
He causes blind men to see,
He makes lame men walk,
provides money in mysterious ways,
fills the nets of weary fisherman,
makes deaf men talk,
heals headaches, fevers and
all kinds of physical problems.
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I don’t know what this does for you, friend. But this gives me great
hope! I’m glad there’s more hope than an insurance company. I’m glad
we serve a God that still parts the sea and calms the storm and
makes a way where there’s none.
This Christmas, let your faith in God get a little bigger. Let Him
work into your spirit and rise up inside you.
Begin to believe again that God can do it.
Begin to believe again that He wants to meet your need and make you
whole.
If God can really do everything He His Word says about the Christmas
story, then He really can touch your life. He’s still a God of
miracles!
I pray that this holiday season will be filled with a fresh sense of
new hope in God’s desire to meet your need and touch your life right
where you are.
Blessings on you!
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