If Christmas teaches us anything about the character of God it is that He is unpredictable. At church on Sunda, we started a new series entitled Rhythm. You can download the podcast off the church's website: http://crosspoint.tv . There are many things to think about as Christmas approaches, but one that is often overlooked: God's shear unpredictability and willingness to do literally everything He can to reach us.
While talking about the typical symbol of the season, my pastor explained the Nativity Scene as follows:
"Nativity" should be a reminder that Christmas is thick with unexpected, transcendent hope. The Nativity scene should be a reminder that Christmas is God telling His people, "You can't predict me! I'll show up at anytime, anywhere, in the midst of the most unlikely circumstances and through the most unlikely people."
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He also included a quote from Frederick Buechner, who said:
"Those who believe in God can never in a way be sure of Him again. Once they have seen him in a stable, they can never be sure where he will appear or to what lengths he will go or to what ludicrous depths of self-humiliation he will descend in his wild pursuit of man... And, this means that we are not safe, that there is no place where we can hide from God, no place where we are safe from his power to break into and recreate the human heart because it is where he seems most helpless that he is most strong and just where we least expect Him that he comes most fully."
There were so many things I wanted to say in conclusion, but Beuchner's quote covers it all. We have a God who loves us to stoop to the ludicrous depths of humanity to reach us. This Christmas, find a way to encounter Him. He found quite the way to encounter you.
