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CONTINENTAL DIVIDES
Last summer as we glided along the interstate highways, crossing the Appalachian Mountains I noticed a sign that said:
āContinental Divide:
A raindrop falling on this side will flow to the Gulf of Mexico, one falling on the other side will flow to the Atlantic.ā
As I drove on, a very sobering feeling settled over my heart and mind.
Two raindrops can fall just inches apart, and yet arrive at two vastly different destinations.
Hydrology teaches us that there are continental divides, separators that determine destinations.
The Christmas story contains such a picture of two raindrops. Two sets of people, so close in their family upbringing, so close in education, so close in environment, so close in every day lifeāyet so far apart in destiny.
The lesson for us this Christmas–beware of getting so close in every way–but your heart, to Christ. Beware of being acquainted with Christ but never knowing Him.
How close can you get to Jesus and still be too far away? That is what the religious leaders of Christ’s day demonstrate to us this Christmas. So close they were, and yet so far away they remained. It is possible to be as close as them, and yet miss all that Christ and Christmas have to offer. Tonight in Matthew 2 we will examine the chief priests and scribes.
But this morning how about it? Are you seeing Jesus this Christmas? Or is this Christmas flying by so fast you will miss what God is offering you? Everyone who was looking for Jesus to come enjoyed His arrival.
As we examine their lives we can often see ourselves. Who are you going to be like this Christmasāit is your choice you know.