Today I want to wrap up this collection of blogs from the
past I’ve been sharing. Here is one I
wrote last year.
‘It has always seemed rather odd to me that there is a song
about Santa Claus with this lyric: “He sees you when you’re sleeping; he knows
when you’re awake. He knows if you’ve
been bad or good, so be good for goodness sake!” The song I’m referencing is called “Santa
Claus is coming to Town”. The
implication is that Santa is some sort of all-knowing being. Such a notion is, of course,
preposterous. But I want you to think
about this assertion with me for a moment anyway.
If
such an idea were true, it’s interesting how people seem to intuitively know
that they haven’t been good; they have only warranted a lump of coal in their
stocking. This was recently evidenced to
me when I was shopping at a retail store.
Two Christmas shirts caught my attention. They are humorous, but also
illuminating. One said, “Dear Santa, I
can explain.” Another read: “Dear Santa,
define good.” Rather than parading their
own goodness, they are offering excuses.
I think it’s an accurate assessment of the human heart.
The
fact of the matter is this: even though Santa Claus isn’t an all-knowing
omniscient deity, the God of the universe has perfect knowledge of
everyone. In Psalm 139, the writer says
to God, “You know when I sit and when I rise; you perceive my thoughts from
afar. You discern my going out and my
lying down; you are familiar with all my ways.”
God knows. And, make no mistake
about it: He sees that we are not “good for goodness sake.” He sees that we fail, falter, and sin. God knows the worst part of your heart and
mine.
Greg
Grandchamp, in his book “In Pursuit of Truth” writes, “In the eye of the Lord, none are good, not even one. All are deserving the wrath of God…However, He
already knows precisely who are you and what you’ve done. And He sacrificed [Himself] anyway because He
loves you.” Amen to that! Later on in the book, Grandchamp writes,
“Christianity is a person. It is a
relationship with that person…our sin has caused a cavernous gap, one that we
cannot – in our own effort – cross.
Christ is the bridge that reconciles us with God. All we need to do is choose it.” It’s my prayer that, if you’ve never done
that, you would do it today.’
To
conclude, as I’ve been looking back at blogs I’ve written, I realize just how
different my life is now compared to when I started this blog back in
2011. So much has changed. I look back at some of those words from the
past, and I don’t even feel like I am the same person as I was back then. But one thing hasn’t changed: my zeal for
someone to give up the fight and yield their heart and life to Jesus Christ. On Christmas 2011, I ended that blog by
saying, ‘It would be the privilege of my life if just one person
saw their need for Jesus, and through simple words in a blog, someone chose to
put their faith and trust in Jesus Christ.
That’s my earnest hope and my sincere prayer.’ That remains my heart’s sentiment today.
Kevin
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