Episode 96: Advent Day 20

 Jeremiah 33:3 (NLT)

“Ask me and I will tell you remarkable secrets you do not know about things to come.”

Have you ever hidden a special gift deep inside the toe of a Christmas stocking? How exciting it is to watch someone pull out the rest of that candy or tiny trinket when you know there's something precious waiting for them in the very bottom! On the other hand, consider how frustrating it is when the person opening the stocking is satisfied with the candy or trinkets and does not seek anything beyond the initial treat. You can't wait for the moment when they will find the greater prize. 

Do you ever feel as though your life is missing something? So many of us have gratefully accepted Christ as Savior but have not taken our relationship with him any deeper. We love Jesus, but as we meet the challenges of everyday life, we stopped searching for Him. We forget God’s great desire to continue daily walking with us. We forget that God wants to be continually reveling Himself more fully to us. We really are missing out on an important gift: we are missing the more of him that he has to offer us. 

There is a sweetness to Salvation, much like the chocolate treat at the top of the stocking. We should certainly embrace an enjoy that indescribable gift. Oh, but let's also go deeper! Gems of wisdom and gifts of strong character and hope that come through perseverance will escape our notice and less we are willing to go further with Christ. The writer of Hebrews said that we must come to God believing that He exists and that He has rewards for those who diligently seek him (Hebrews 11:6) through the inspired words of scripture, God is encouraging us to dig for the deeper gifts of Christ -to continue to pray, study, and serve him with all of our hearts, to daily learn to walk with the Holy Spirit. This Christmas, let's ask him to reveal to us the deeper things that we did not even realize were ours for the taking. He is waiting for us to seek the greatest prize -Him.

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