Christmas was just the beginning. Ahead was the cross, and beyond the cross was the empty tomb.
Christ has come to take away the source of our fears. Fears are real. Christ does not tell us that we should simply cheer up and they'll all go away. It's right to fear death if we do not know Christ. It is right to fear loneliness or the problems that seem to overwhelm us, because those things are very real. But so is Christ, and when we realize that He has dealt with sin and made it possible for us to be reconciled to God, then we do not need to be paralyzed by fear any longer. Instead, we should do what the shepherds did: come to Christ. Come to Him with our sins and cast them at His feet, then we can know Silent Night, Holy Night. Then we can know what the Bible calls the peace of God which passeth all understanding.
Jesus promised, "Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid" (John 14:27).
Christmas tells us what it cost God to save the world: "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son" (John 3:16). Christ is God's great Christmas gift to the world. The Scripture says, "Thanks be to God for His indescribable gift!" (2 Corinthians 9:15).
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