Riches to Rags - The Story of Christmas
Our society loves rags to riches stories. We are never tired of hearing a person's rise from poverty. But Christmas is about riches to rags. For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sake he became poor, so that you through his poverty might become rich. 2 Corinthians 8:9 Jesus who was rich left everything because of the love he had for us. He lowered himself as a baby, born in a cave, wrapped in rags and set to rest in a dirty trough, used to feed cows. This downward mobility is what we are called to do as followers of Christ. What can you lose this Christmas? How can you lower yourself for others? Its time to leave our thrones of entitlement and spiral all the way down to a manger to reach out to others. There you will find Jesus.