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Hi all..



Yeah this is December...and I am sure all of us know what we will celebrate.

Christmas!! Yes it is!!!

Most of us are understand its the day of Jesus' birth from Virgin Mary (Perawan Maria in Bahasa)
,who got pregnant by the Holy Spirit.



Generally, Christmas has known as the joyful moment, where we do gift exchange, Christmas dinner, buy the Christmas decoration, go to Christmas service, and many others.

However, at the beginning of this December, I realized someone, who has submitted herself to Him



Yes its her, Jesus's mom, Mary.

You can refer to Luke 1:26-38, and I will stressed at this verse:

"So Mary said, “Yes, I am a servant of the Lord; let this happen to me according to your word.” Then the angel departed from her." - Luke 1:38 (NET)

This verse clearly shows that Mary's submission to God, to be the carrier of His only Son.

Through Mary, who is the ordinary woman that has faith in Him, He use her as a channel to bring in Jesus, the Messiah, to redeem our sins.

Like Mary, God has the desire in everyone of us to be the channel of His blessing.
By what? By our talents and capability!!!

Let say a student, who is mainly financed by his parents. Obviously, his main duty is studying and make some friends. How he can be His channel? Of course if he becomes the donors to finance other society, he will put the financial weight on his parents. Hmm....I don't say that students are not allowed to give the donations. We may give with also mind about our parents capability of finance.

We, as students, can be His channel of blessing by our main duty. Let say a simple thing when your friends are lazy to study, you can encourage them to study. Or maybe you can share His gospel for your friends who need that.




I am sure that some of you can give other example instead of student. So don't hesitate to share in the comment below :D

In bible, there are so many people instead of Mary who became the His Channel. I will give the one example of them



He is Jonah (Yunus in Bahasa). He is the prophet who received His command and trust to encourage people in Nineveh repent from their sins. You can read it from Jonah 1-4. Here I just summarize those verses.

Firstly, he rejected it and tried to escape to Tarshish. However, God did not let him and catch Jonah with the big fish. In the stomach of the fish, the prayed and worshiped Him. After being disgorged on a dry land, he received again His same command as the previous one and straightly went to Nineveh.

However, when the mission accomplished, he still keep his sentimental mindset and showed it with anger to God.

Lets look at ourself, as His channel, are we like Mary, who submit herself to Him and let His will be done? Or Jonah, who had fallen into anger because his work's outcome did not please his heart?

One thing to remember that what we do as a"channel" is not for us, it is for His majesty and His name to be glorified more.

May this Christmas you can share the joy and His blessing to everyone who needs that.

Ohh..anyway I have two recommendation for Christmas song

1. We Are the Reason - Avalon

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMhajmOBr0c

2. O Holy Night - Hillsong 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjkvbTfjNpg 

Nb; Sorry I can't upload the video here :((


So,

"For this is the way God loved the world: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life." - John 3:16 (NET)

Wish you a blessed Christmas :))