Christmas Is Good News...When It Feels Like The World Is Falling Apart (part 2)

This month we’re looking at the Good News from the Christmas story, and this week specifically at how Christmas Is Good News When It Feels Like The World is Falling Apart.
  
If you were the God of the universe and your son was going to be born into the world, how would you send him? Would you send him as a totally helpless baby? Would you choose a teenage virgin to be the earthly mother of your son in a culture when being pregnant before marriage could get the young mother killed? Would you allow the earthly mother of your son to travel 70 miles by donkey just weeks before giving birth? Have your son born in a barn? Allow your son to be born in a time and location where his earthly father would have to take him and flee for their lives because of an insanely insecure king willing to kill all the little boys in a certain town 2 years old and younger in an effort to kill your son?  (You can read in Matthew 1 and Luke 1-2 where ALL of these things were true of Jesus’ birth).
  
God did not stop the chaos of this life when his Son was born. As a matter of fact, if you read the story of Jesus’ birth (His whole life, really), it’s pretty clear that Jesus was familiar with the struggles we face. Jesus humbled Himself, laid aside His privilege as God and became a human to face the struggles and temptations we face so that He could become the Savior of the world.
  
God sent His Son to rescue those living in chaos. Christmas is Good News, even when it feels like the world is falling apart, because it is a reminder that you are not alone nor forgotten in your struggles. God sent his Son in the midst of the chaos to make a way for you to know Him.
 
Whether on the job or life in general, if there is anything I can pray with you about this week, please let me know.
  
Your service is appreciated,
Pastor Rob

Christmas Is Good News Series
Part 1,  Part 2,  Part 3