DanielYKL

We have corrupted the true meaning of Christmas. The world has commercialized Christmas. Shopping malls are making tonnes of money on Christmas season. Millions are spent on Christmas gifts. Whether you are a Christian or not a Christian it’s impossible for you to ignore that Christmas is here.

But really what is Christmas? To simply put it, Christmas is to commemorate the birth of Jesus Christ. To remember His goodness, His love, His sacrifice and how he came into this world as a baby born in a stable, and gave his life up for the world so that whoever shall believe in Him shall have eternal life. He was betrayed, died on the cross and buried and on the third day raised from the grave and ascended back to heaven.

Christmas is not about Santa Claus. It’s not about Christmas trees. It’s not about shopping, partying and getting drunk. Christmas is about Jesus. It is His birthday.

Strange isn’t it, that most of us give gifts to everyone but the One whose birthday we celebrate!

Just imagine you organized a birthday party for your dad. You catered in food from the finest restaurant. You engaged a live band. You invited all your relatives, buddies and neighbors. Everybody came all dressed up. Everybody’s eating, drinking, dancing and catching up with one another. Then at 12 midnight the music stopped and the host announced that now it’s the  time to exchange our gifts. So we exchanged gifts with one another. We were all so busy with our “gifts giving” that we forgot the real reason for who and why we are celebrating the birthday. We gave gifts to everybody except for the birthday boy!

You may ask, how do I give gift to Jesus? How do I give gift to someone who died more than 2000 years ago? No, no! He is not dead. He is very much alive today in you and me!

Jesus the birthday boy said, “For I was in need of food, and you gave it not to me; I was in need of drink, and you gave it not to me: I was wandering, and you took me not in; without clothing, and you gave me no clothing; ill, and in prison, and you came not to me. Truly I say to you, because you did it not to the least of these, you did it not to me.”

This is how this Christmas you can give you gift to Jesus. After all this is His birthday.

We should be practicing charity, to quote Charles Dickens, “keeping Christmas in our hearts” on everyday of the year! That’s the true meaning of Christmas!