“Oh, you better watch out, you better not cry, you better not pout, I’m telling you why, Santa Claus is coming to town. He’s knows when you’ve been sleeping. He knows when you’re awake. He knows if you’ve been bad or good for be good for goodness sakes.”
As a child, I listened to and sang along with the Jackson 5 when I would hear it on the radio. I loved this song. (Yes, I know I just really dated myself but I’m okay with that.) Now when I sing it, it makes me think about Santa being a bit creepy. My how I view things differently. I may be weirded out by Santa knowing if I’m good or bad and when I am awake or not, but I find comfort in knowing that God knows everything about me. I don’t have to hide anything from Him, unlike all of the girls’ presents this time of year. It’s okay to be me, without being judged. And because God knows me inside and out, I can be open and honest. There is a sense of freedom when you don’t have to hide who you are. We can be ourselves and God loves us. Even when we try to hide, He is there, guiding us into His light. As the days get busier as Christmas gets nearer, I challenge you to take time out, to spend time with the one who knows us better than we know ourselves; to sit and listen as we pray and read His Word. I encourage you to be yourself, to stop running from God and run into His arms. I pray that you will remember that you are fearfully and wonderfully made. He loves you and He is with you. Psalm 139 For the director of music. Of David. A psalm. 1 You have searched me, Lord, and you know me. 2 You know when I sit and when I rise; you perceive my thoughts from afar. 3 You discern my going out and my lying down; you are familiar with all my ways. 4 Before a word is on my tongue you, Lord, know it completely. 5 You hem me in behind and before, and you lay your hand upon me. 6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain. 7 Where can I go from your Spirit? Where can I flee from your presence? 8 If I go up to the heavens, you are there; if I make my bed in the depths, you are there. 9 If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle on the far side of the sea, 10 even there your hand will guide me, your right hand will hold me fast. 11 If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me and the light become night around me,” 12 even the darkness will not be dark to you; the night will shine like the day, for darkness is as light to you. 13 For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. 14 I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well. 15 My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place, when I was woven together in the depths of the earth. 16 Your eyes saw my unformed body; all the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be.
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AuthorThe Pastors of Cornerstone Wesleyan Church Archives
July 2017
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