In late September I went into Winco and saw half an aisle dedicated to Christmas decorations. Aside from being irritated by the ugliness of the commercialization of Christ's birth, I was shocked by the reality that it was starting 3 months before the day would actually be celebrated.
So when I heard that 95.7 started playing Christmas tunes a few weeks back, I decided I wouldn't listen to them until after Thanksgiving. The other day, however, I was reading a short book and the author made the comment that we should "abandon anything that isn't of God." I believe it is the Spirit's role to explain to you what isn't of God in your own life. I could make a list for you, but God may be dealing with you differently than me. Our best bet is to square our lives and thoughts with Scripture and see if we're increasing in the fruit of the Spirit. Anyway, in that moment of reading, the Spirit convicted my heart about the time I've been spending in the car listening to inane talk radio and mindless sports shows recently.
Now, I could just turn off the noise and be silent in prayer or talk to the Lord audibly in the car, but honestly that is hard for me. Instead, I tried to think about a radio station that could move my thoughts to the Lord, and the Christmas station came to mind.
Plenty of the songs are fluffy (though even those songs can lead us to the qualities of Christ -- peace, joy, hope). After a few of these, "The Little Drummer Boy" came on. Great Words. Near the end of the song, the "King" (one of the wise men) says of the newborn child, "He will bring us goodness and light."
As I heard that reminder the other day, it made me long for the day when the Child-turned-King will return to judge the earth perfectly. On that day (HIS DAY), He will bring us goodness and light in its fullness. It is our role, as agents of His Kingdom to provide glimpses of that coming fullness in the way we talk, think, act, and relate to the people in our school, work, home, on the road, in the grocery store, etc.
This morning I was again out driving early and flipped on 95.7. What was on?
He will bring us Goodness and Light. Come soon Lord Jesus.
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once again... I thank you for your words. So tonight in my cluster we were studying Ephesians 3:14-21, then went into a rabbit trail about mormonism and other religions...after discussing this as briefly as I could with the knowledge I have, I gathered the girls back to the word of God and his immeasurable riches! Reading your words tonight give me encouragement in what I said to my cluster tonight.
I like what you book said about "abandon anything that isn't of God." and what your comment was following that! I so agree with you! what i said to my group tonight was to focus on the word of God, reading and claiming God's word as truth in our lives, understanding what we believe and why we believe is what we need. claiming 2Tim. 3:16-17.... was a verse that came to my mind tonight with them. I also challenged them to search the Bible for scripture to support their belief individually.
So thank you for your words tonight, they encourage me as it is what I needed to hear!
God is good!
Blessings!
Dollar-cab driver was playing Christmas carol radio this morning. Thought of this post. :)
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