Salvation is here!

In the Bible we read: 'A man named Simeon was in Jerusalem. He lived an honourable and devout life. He was waiting for the one who would comfort Israel. The Holy Spirit was with Simeon and had told him that he wouldn't die until he had seen the Messiah' (Luke 2:25-26 GWT). Simeon had been waiting for a long, long time. He'd been at the temple for years - watching, hoping. Perhaps he'd been mistaken. Perhaps the heavenly promise he thought he'd received was so late it was never going to come. Most people would have dismissed him as a bit quirky, even delusional.

Yet Simeon's persistence paid off. All those early mornings, late nights and long days spent in the temple looking for the face of God were worth it the moment the Holy Spirit showed him a teenage girl holding her newborn baby. Here was the evidence of the promise. At long last, Simeon could be at peace knowing: 'My eyes have seen your salvation, which you have prepared for all people to see. He is a light that will reveal salvation to the nations' (Luke 2:30-32 GWT).

Christmas Day is about God making his Son known, to Simeon and to us. Salvation is here. We can touch it and hold it, and look at Jesus face to face.



So what now? This Christmas Day, give thanks that God sent his Son to earth to dwell with us, and that through him we might be saved. Thank Jesus that he desires to know us intimately.





— SCRIPTURE —

'I can die content... I have seen the Saviour.' Luke 2:29-30 TLB
— SOULFOOD —

Isa 9:1-7, Matt 1:18-25, Micah 5:2-5a