Four Directions

Christmas comes around every year and it's quite obvious that we come together to remember God's gift when He sent His only Son to be born in this earth for the main purpose to be our salvation. 

But sometimes, I find myself gettting carried away in making sure the Christmas decorations are up, practicing for choir or finding the perfect gift, that it slips my mind why Christmas was set as a reminder. I've sometimes made the celebration of Christmas more important than Christmas itself. 

The importance of Christmas to remember this question: Why did Jesus choose to come to earth? 
It's a simple explanation - because He LOVED us. 
We had a need - to be saved. He initiated and didn't wait for us to find a solution as to how we were going to find our way back to God. Instead, He gave up the highest glory to be the lowliest. 

He created the solution. Christ became the answer. 

When we look back to what Christ did for us, we see that no other person could have done that kind of sacrifice - to be born in a odorous stable, to grow up with human pain, to feel rejection and to die a death He did not deserve. 

"I bring an offering of worship to King. No one deserves the praises that I sing"

-Christmas Offering

The love I have for my Saviour cannot equal to the kind of unconditional love that Christ has shown towards me. The most I can do is give all that I am and all that I do everyday. Days recently has been really tough with the pressures from work and rough relationships. One problem has started to pile on top of another and affecting my attitude whether at home or outside. This only caused me to be unhappy with the circumstances of my life that I've failed to see the light of Christ's joy. His perfect love has covered me with peace and has given me content that I have been longing for. Only when I've accepted His joy over my happiness, I was able to see that He is the light of my life that I can share to the world around me. That joy has not given up on me and has not let me go from the start. I cannot wait for the day that He comes back to return to take His family back to glorious home waiting for you and me. That is something to look forward to - our Christmas Hope.  

"Joy to the world the Lord is come. Let earth receive her King
Unspeakable Joy it rises in my soul, never lets me go" 
- Joy to the World  (Unspeakable Joy)

He loved me. He saved me. He has given me joy. 

But it doesn't stop there. My worship not only involves adoring God for who is in my life and what he has done, but also worshipping together with my brothers and sisters in Christ as one body. He is the God of broken hearts and weary souls, and I want to be nothing more but just to be like my Christ. 

"...let the nations sing it louder 'cause nothing has the power to save"

-Your Name

Worship Game Plan: 

Look Up: O Come, Let Us Adore Him - C. Frederick Oakeley, John Francis Wade, Matt Redman, Terl Bryant
Look Back: Christmas Offering - Paul Baloche
Look Around: Your Name - Glenn Packiam, Paul Baloche
Look Forward: Joy to the World (Unspeakable Joy) - Chris Tomlin, Ed Cash, George Frideric Handel, Isaac Watts, Matt Gilder
Look Up: Humble King - Brenton Brown