Christmas is a time of giving. Families give gifts to their
loved ones, and children eagerly await Christmas morning to tear open the gifts
they receive. The Lord is the ultimate Giver of many gifts. I was reading Acts
the other day and a word jumped off the page at me—Gave.
And He gave him the covenant of
circumcision; and so Abraham became the father of Isaac, and
circumcised him on the eighth day; and Isaac became the father of Jacob,
and Jacob of the twelve patriarchs (Acts
7:8 NASB).
God is the Giver of many good gifts. James says this of Him:
Every good thing given and every perfect gift is from
above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no
variation or shifting shadow (1:17
NASB).
God gave circumcision as a
gift to Abraham and his descendants who followed; the gift that was the sign of
the covenant He made with him. Unlike the Mosaic covenant which was
conditional, this was a grant covenant—Abraham did not have to perform for the
gift—It was freely given by the Father.
God not only gave the
covenant of circumcision, but He also gave the fulfillment of who
that covenant promised—the Deliverer.
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only
begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have
everlasting life (Jn.
3:16 NASB).
The first covenant was the promise of the Savior of the
world, and God gave that promise to Abraham then, and now to all of us
because of faith in Jesus, the one in whom we place our hope.
And if you belong to Christ, then you are
Abraham’s descendants, heirs according to promise (Gal.
3:29 NASB).
Now faith is the assurance of things hoped
for (Heb.
11:1 NASB).
In this season, remember to hope in the Lord. He is the
promise Giver, the gift Giver, the One who fulfills all that He promises. He
Gave to demonstrate how much He Loves. There is no greater gift than
the gift of Jesus Christ—it will never see its equal.
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