Ron Hutchcraft Ministries - The Christmas Mission - #8167

Friday, December 19, 2008

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Last Christmas, our two-year-old grandson heard us talking about Jesus, and suddenly he tried to get our attention so we’d see him pointing stubbornly toward the other end of the house. He stood there like a pointing statue until we finally got up and followed him. He marched us through the house; this little guy with a small parade of adults following him, and he marched us right to the manger, he bent down and he pointed right to baby Jesus. He had one thing on his mind; he was determined to lead us to Jesus.

I’m Ron Hutchcraft, and I’ve got to tell you, I was moved by our little guy. He was showing all of us what should be a governing passion of our lives and our relationships–pointing people to Jesus. When the shepherds found Him that first Christmas, the Bible said “they spread the word” and they “returned glorifying and praising God” (Luke 2:17 , 20). Those of us who’ve seen Jesus are responsible to reach those who haven’t. We’re missing our life mission if we’re not doing what God’s left us here to do. The Bible says God is “making His appeal through us.  We implore you on Christ’s behalf: Be reconciled to God” (2 Corinthians 5:20 ).

Now, our grandson doesn’t know this word, but he was intentional about pointing us to Jesus. That’s what God’s expecting us to be—intentional about taking people to Jesus. That means praying each day for an open door to talk about your Jesus, an open heart in the person you’re led to, and an open mouth to tell them about Him. Christmas–it’s the time when He sacrificed everything to come and rescue us. This would be a great time to say, “Lord, I will live for what you died for–rescuing dying people.”

We’d love to help you be better at doing that if you’d just go to our website ALifeThatMatters.org.

This radio program references: Luke 2:17 , 20; 2 Corinthians 5:20