Good Sunday morning! The new snow has come on a new day of a new week in Christ Jesus! That's a lot of 'news' there! We rejoice in our Lord making all things new! Most of us like new; we try to buy new when we need something, especially in regard to food products; and we try to build new when we need a more complex object. We can't always afford new. Houses and cars can last for years and take even longer than we like to pay for with the complex and expensive loans we obtain to afford them. The continents were not explored by people looking for used vistas and resources; they hoped to find something new and, hopefully, unoccupied. We like new, but we don't always get it.
Jesus will return to make ALL things new. Can you imagine a new life where you can move into a new home, and then set out to explore a new land where everything is new? None of the old has survived! None of those old aches and pains from your old body, none of the old sin from the old world, and none of the worries, fears, and tears from that old life, are allowed in this new place. We see our new Lord too! Gone is the ragged, beaten, whipped, and crucified man who died for the sins of the world; in His place stands the glorified, risen Savior of all who have believed in Him!
We like new, but in this world we have a hard time imagining everything as new. All around us are things that are aging quickly or slowly. We grow older each new day, not that you needed to be reminded of that, and our loved ones and pets grow older with us. However, as we grow older, we sometimes yearn for that which isn't new. We like to hear the old songs of our youth and we celebrate the birth of a 2,015 year old fellow named Jesus. Killed, you say? Yes, but hundreds of people saw him after he rose from the grave! If the Roman calendar is a bit off from back in the day and this man was actually born around 6 B.C., I think that makes him about 2,015 years old this year. Gosh, what if he had started a savings account at a mere 1.5% interest back then; how wealthy would he be now?
Actually, Jesus did start a kind of savings account back then, but he had to deposit His life in it. The interest has been compounding for centuries. Starting with Peter, John, and a few other disciples and compounding with Jude, James, Paul, and Timothy among others, the interest has continued to grow over the years. You and I are the present fruits of that new investment Jesus made so very long ago. How great has that investment become? We won't know until Jesus returns and "cashes out" that account. Then we will see His glory reflected in the faces of that host beyond number of those redeemed from the earth!
Hmm, too much fun writing this morning; my coffee is stone cold. I pray that you have a wonderful Christmas as we celebrate the another birthday in a long line of Christmas days celebrating the birth of our Lord Jesus!
Bucky
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