I know we shouldn’t complain. But, honestly, when someone hands you a bar of hotel soap and says, “This is for you,” don’t you detect a lack of originality?
But when a person gives a genuine gift, don’t you cherish the presence of affection?
The hand-knit sweater, the photo album from last summer, the personalized poem, the Lucado book. Such gifts convince you someone planned, prepared, saved, searched.
Last-minute decision? No, this gift was just for you.
Have you ever received such a gift?
Yes, you have. Sorry to speak on your behalf, but I know the answer as I ask the question.
You have been given a perfect personal gift. One just for you. “There has been born for you a Savior, who is Christ the Lord” (Luke 2:11, NASB, emphasis mine).
An angel spoke these words.
Shepherds heard them first.
But what the angel said to them, God says to anyone who will listen. “There has been born for you … ” Jesus is the gift.
He himself is the treasure.
Grace is precious because he is. Grace changes lives because he does.
Grace secures us because he will.
The gift is the Giver.
To discover grace is to discover God’s utter devotion to you, his stubborn resolve to give you a cleansing, healing, purging love that lifts the wounded back to their feet.
