Reflect: Think about the best GIFT you ever bought for someone. Now think about the best GIFT you ever received. Are you better at giving or receiving GIFTS? If you could choose one final GIFT to receive or give before the end of your life, what would it be? Your answer doesn’t have to be deep or spiritual – a gift-wrapped Lexus is a perfectly acceptable answer!
Read: Throughout the New Testament we read of God generously giving gifts to His people. Some examples: living water, life, spiritual gifts, salvation, the Holy Spirit, Jesus and eternal life, just to name a few. James 1:17 says “every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.”
Picture: Imagine what kind
of GIFT we could possibly give to God. He’s on your shopping list, right? At
first you might think that He’s the most difficult One to find a gift for,
second only to your mother-in-law! But if you think about it, the only GIFT He
has ever wanted, is for us to receive
the GIFT that He gave us. When we realize the magnificence and destiny-changing
significance of this GIFT, the GIFT we will be compelled to give Him is our
heart, our soul, our very being.
Pray: Dear God, thank You for the GIFT of Your Son, Jesus. Thank You for all the good and perfect and gifts which You give to us freely. You are so good, so generous, so loving. Give me a renewed sense of gratitude for Your generosity and kindness.
Celebrate: Today, celebrate the GIFT of salvation. Thank God for His boundless love which overflowed with the GIFT of His Son, Jesus to be our Savior.