Destined for Greatness: Your Tuesday morning Inspiration with Gerald Chinogara

With the festive season now upon us, most would agree with me that
2020 is a year we all wish to live behind us as it tested human
spirits to the limit. Christmas season is synonymous with
celebrations and merrying. But this year will be different as many of
us might be thinking that there in nothing worth celebrating with the
losses and pain suffered in 2020 courtesy of the global pandemic.
However, I believe this is the best time to also reflect on the fact
that our modern images of Christmas with trees, lights, and gifts are
far removed from the night of our Savior’s birth.

We still have everything to celebrate about as true Christmas love is
depicted by God’s gift of His Son to the world. The book of Revelation
helps us to get a full grasp of who was in that manger 2,000 years
ago. The first chapter of Revelation shows us who Jesus is, and gives
us a description of His appearance as John saw Him. A golden band
wrapped around His chest and floor-length garment. His head and hair
were white, and His eyes looked like a flame. His feet were as refined
brass, and His voice sounded like many waters. His countenance shone
like the sun. Glorious, majestic and amazing is He that John was so
awestruck that he fell at Jesus’ feet like a dead man.

This is our Jesus, the Jesus who came to earth as a baby the first
Christmas night. The God of the universe, the Creator of all that is,
allowed Himself to be wrapped in our skin, to have a beating heart,
and to need food and water like we do. The majestic King of heaven set
aside His golden band and crown to wear swaddling clothes and walk
dusty streets.

When we take in what Scripture tells us about Jesus, the proper
response is to seek Him and worship Him. It’s to praise God and share
with others who Jesus is and that He has come to seek and save the
lost. No longer do we have to roam through life trying to satisfy our
hearts our way or to make sense of the world in our own wisdom. We can
know God, find all we need in His love and provision, and have
purpose.

This Christmas allow Him to be the King of the throne of your heart as
it is only Him who can truly satisfy you. Material things will never
be able to fill that void in your life that only Him is able to
completely fill as everything else we seek that is outside of Him only
satisfy temporarily. May the Jesus who was in the manger be the Savior
and Lord of your heart and the peace and goodwill you seek. May He be
the light of your life and the light you share with others in this
special season and all year long.