Daily Devotional

THE LORD JESUS IS GOD’S GREATEST CHOICE

December 24

eloved Children of the King, when I devised the plan of salvation long before the fall of Adam in the garden, I decided to choose the greatest, most holy person that I could find. I chose to send that person to the earth to a little town called Bethlehem. He was to be special in His character, and powerful warmth and love were to be fully His to give to the world. I searched through heaven and eliminated all the angels, even though they were created to be beautiful and totally responsive to your Heavenly Father. I finally chose the person who was the only real champion of the souls of humanity yet to be created. After the creation of the world, and in the "fullness of time," (Galatians 4:4) I sent that person, the Lord Jesus Christ--- the Messiah as He became known, my only begotten Son, to be born in that little village in the heart of Israel's promised country. Those with hearts to adore and love their Father in Heaven quickly knew Him to be of full divine origin. Their hearts rejoiced within them before their minds could figure out the truth. Yours does too, doesn't it? Beloved, at just the thought of Him countless masses of my blood-washed believers fall upon their faces and shout His glory before the Father and the saints and angels in heaven! You do too, don't you? At His conception within His mother I, in complete holiness and purity overshadowed Mary with the covering, brooding person of my Holy Spirit. The seed I created as none that I had ever created before and none will ever be created again like Him. Within that seed was contained "all the fullness of the God-head bodily!" (Colossians 2ff) All holiness, beauty of your Father, compassion of His unfailing love and the great richness of His personality were placed in that seed. Children for that reason it had to be a virgin birth. It had to be one without the seed of an earthly man. "In the flesh there dwelleth no good thing," (Romans 7:18) but in the Holy Spirit is contained the essence of one who is "altogether lovely." (Solomon 5:16) Thus, you have it a son born of a woman who became the Son of the Living God! Rejoice, at this season and celebrate the miracle of the birth of the Savior.

Prayer

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Father, it does not matter what people may say, or even how they try to explain away the coming of your Holy Son. He is the Son of God! He is the Lord of Glory! People who seek Him cannot but help to bow low before Him and declare, "Truly this is the Son of God." (Mark 15:39) If ever word were true, this word He speaks to you, "truly, truly this is the Son of God!" Rejoice!