A day or so ago, I read a Facebook post from a church staff member encouraging everyone to invite Christ to be present in their family gatherings this Christmas.  He then tied that word of wisdom to a reminder about his church’s next service.  The direct connection was that Jesus was at the service and you encountered Him by bringing your family there to where He is.

The thinking Christian knows Jesus doesn’t live in a church, nor does he show up at predetermined times.  Jesus isn’t in a building unless we bring Him in with us.  He no longer sleeps in a cow feeder, or stays with Mary, Martha and Lazarus.  Today, if we ask Him, He dwells within us.  The greater part of the incarnation (God with us) is not that He was born in a stable, but that He, resurrected and glorified, comes to dwell in us.

Please do invite Him into your family gatherings, there where you are all gathered.  Then by faith acknowledge His presence for He will surely be there.

May you and those you love experience the real miracle of  the incarnation.