It is official. We have moved past Thanksgiving and are now in the midst of the Christmas season. Many have been in Christmas mode for weeks but I am one of those that does not want to short-change Thanksgiving by rushing past it too quickly. So I am just now letting my thoughts move to Christmas.
As we begin this season together, let me offer one observation that I believe will make a huge difference in the season for us. Do the simple things first.
We tend to rush to party planning, gift purchasing, sale catching and calendar juggling right off the bat. Our minds (and the rest of us) get pulled into a completely different state and it is very easy to lose our focus on the reality that God became human in order to reach out to us and offer us deliverance. We fall into the rat race and before we look up, we have survived another Christmas and its time to figure out how to pay for it.
Let me offer an age old tip to preventing this kind of Christmas season – do the simple things first.
- Slow down
- Spend time with God
- Read scripture
- Pray
Jesus said that when we do the simple things first – when we truly seek God and his righteousness – the rest of life will take care of itself. When our focus is on Jesus as the light of the world and the savior of our lives, all the things that would normally overwhelm us take on new meaning or we realize they make no difference at all – either way, we will approach those things with the right attitude.
This Christmas season, don’t survive it – really live it. And do that by doing the simple things first.
Clay in the Hands 
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