(Baby feet family photo)
Ecclesiastes is an odd place to find Christmas.
Yet that’s where my chronological Bible reading took me this week.
This morning I turned the page to chapter three where Solomon’s familiar list reminds the reader that there is a time for everything.
Time. An earthly concept.
In chapters one and two, Solomon seems mentally stuck in time. And that very focus leads to despair.
Granted, we are bound to this earth by time, yet our hearts yearn for eternity.
Enter the God who placed that longing within us.
The God who always was ushered in time via creation, stepped into time via the cradle, and gave us eternal life via the cross.
He willingly entered the mess of the manger—our mess—to become Messiah (Savior) for us.
“Now this is eternal life: that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.” John 17:3
While we celebrate Christmas with family and friends, may we remember that the babe born in time and who died in time--indeed in the fullness of time, notes Paul in Galatians 4:4—is eternal and invites us into a forever relationship with Him.
This forever relationship begins in time but extends beyond the limits of this life into a place where time is no more. This eternal perspective brings meaning and purpose to this life and to the next as we love the Lord Jesus Christ and share Him with others.
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