01/25/2024 – The Amazing Miracles of the Birth of Jesus
Isaiah 7: 14 Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a Son, and shall call His name Immanuel. 15 Curds and honey He shall eat, that He may know to refuse the evil and choose the good.
There are many amazing miracles in this prophecy. One is the birth of Christ through a virgin. But there is also a natural miracle: the power to reject what is evil and choose what is good. No human before Christ or after, has been able to do that. We desire and pursue things that are harmful to us. We seek after what is sinful. We find pleasure and fun in what leads to corruption and strife and death. And we reject what is good.
The formula for a good life can be summarized this way: reject what is evil and choose what is good. We must first recognize that only Christ can do that, and we need Him to rule in our hearts.
We may not even realize that we are choosing the wrong things. The world is convinced that they are smart enough to know what is good. But we don’t know what is good for us. We need the one who knows: Jesus Christ!
Christ demonstrated that we do not know to choose what is good. He showed us that humankind rejects all that comes from God, even when God sent forth His best: His only Son! He came to His own, and His own received Him not. Is your heart closed to the people and circumstances God has sent to your life?
Christ rules your life not by making every decision for you, but by giving you discernment and empowering you to make the right decisions. The defining decision YOU MUST MAKE is to receive the Lord Christ Jesus. Whatever else we do in this life, whatever achievements, mean nothing unless we receive Christ as He is worthy of being received: as Lord! You must make your life His own. You must choose to surrender your life to Him.