We dispose of the bags of wrapping paper....as I look at it it makes me think of all the wrapped gifts...some that were a work of art in the wrapping, to some of mine that I managed to put in a bag and throw some tissue over it! BUT it all ends up in the same place doesn't it? So the wrapping …
how it was wrapped does not depict the importance of the gift...or determine it's worth.
Isn't that the same with the most important Gift of all? A tiny baby, not wrapped in royal blankets; not in a cradle adorned with jewels and gold; not surrounded by courtiers and royal care givers.
He was wrapped in swaddling cloth, they type of cloth used by any mother of the time and region, and wrapped in a fashion any caring mother would.
While they were there, the time came for the baby to be born, and she gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was no guest room available for them. Luke 2:6
At first sight it was an ordinary birth, of an ordinary child.....at first glance...
BUT as the angels proclaimed, as the wise men predicted, as Mary and Joseph knew,
this wasn't an ordinary conception, and was not going to be an ordinary baby!
The old saying "don't judge a book by it's cover"...Jesus's growing up was as any child of a carpenter of that day. His parents observed all the Jewish customs and holidays. BUT again, don't let that fool you!
At a very young age, around 12, He disappeared from the group of people He was traveling with because He needed to be "about His Father's business"....teaching about His Father in the temple.
A little inkling to how "out of the ordinary" this boy was.
When he was twelve years old, they went up to the festival, according to the custom. After the festival was over, while his parents were returning home, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem, but they were unaware of it. Thinking he was in their company, they traveled on for a day. Then they began looking for him among their relatives and friends. When they did not find him, they went back to Jerusalem to look for him. After three days they found him in the temple courts, sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions. Everyone who heard him was amazed at his understanding and his answers. When his parents saw him, they were astonished. His mother said to him, “Son, why have you treated us like this? Your father and I have been anxiously searching for you.”
“Why were you searching for me?” he asked. “Didn’t you know I had to be in my Father’s house?" Luke 2:42-49
His birth and life may have seemed fairly ordinary, but under the wrap and the outward appearance it was/is the most extraordinary life! AND the most extraordinary thing is; He did it all for us, for you and for me!
Make sure you "unwrap" all the marvelous things Christ has for you! The bible is just full of all kinds of extra-ordinary!
My prayer is you find many amazing things every day as you spend time with Christ!
And I pray that you "HAVE" to be where your Father wants you to be!
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