"Learning To Rest" -3

"Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for Him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass." (Psalms 37:7) If we really want to talk about resting and waiting patiently, the children of Israel had not heard a single word from God for over four hundred years; and yet, when God did speak again, He spoke as a Baby in a manger; the Word of God had shown up in person! As this is Christmas morning, I thought it would be a good thing to share what the real meaning of Christ-Mas is all about; "For unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given". (Isaiah 9:6) When we read the account of Malachi 4:1-3, which speaks of the coming of the Christ Child, we can see that there is power that is given to those the believe in His name; not just healing, but power over the wicked. Actually, it says, "But unto you that fear My name shall the Sun of Righteousness arise with healing in His wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall. And ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I shall do this, saith the LORD of hosts." The reason that this has been made possible, is because Jesus Christ defeated the wicked; even the fact that He just had shown up in the flesh, that alone was a dreadful day for Satan and his followers, because God had come in the form of the flesh to defeat all that Satan had done; just as He said it would be, as He pronounced his curse in the garden over four thousand years prior, saying, "And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise His heel." (Genesis 3:15) The seed of the devil is all that are wicked, and all that are separated from God because of sin, which included all of us at one time; but the seed of the woman is Jesus Christ, who not only crushed the head of the devil, but put wickedness into a whole new category, one that could be delivered from, and one that could be overcome by His righteousness and His death on the cross; a death that was painful, but very very temporary; being the heel that was bruised as He stomped on the head of the devil... Merry Christmas!!!