You are going about your daily business. There is a crowd. You are easily distracted by all the activity. It’s a holiday, and there are extra things to prepare. It is easy to focus on your personal task at hand and lose sight of the bigger picture. Look! There is a King who presents himself so humbly that you might miss the importance of his arrival. Hail the King who humbly comes to save us!
If I do not leave a legacy or live on in the memories of my loved ones after I die, was my life worth it? Jesus promises better: life. I will live with Jesus forever in eternity. Jesus raised people from the dead to prove his power over death.
If I don’t know Jesus, I cannot see the world as it really is. I am tempted to see what is harmful as good, and what is good as meaningless. I cannot see the danger behind every temptation. But Jesus shines his light into my eyes so that I know the world for what it is and also know him for who he is.
Jesus said, “No one can enter the kingdom of God, unless he is born of water and the Spirit.” That includes me. I can’t enter the kingdom of God unless God makes me born again. And he does that through Baptism.
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