This season is so busy.  Christmas parties, family gatherings, last minute shopping, secret Santa exchanges…and the list goes on and on.  It’s so easy to lose focus on what this season is all about. 

There was a very long period of Israel’s history when the prophets of God stopped speaking and Israel did not hear the voice of God.  I can only imagine those 400 long years of silence must have been one of the darkest times in Israel’s history.

But when the appointed time had come, God spoke to his people again….through the cry of his son, baby Jesus.  A baby, born in a lowly manger in Bethlehem, fulfilled the words of the prophets spoken hundreds of years before.  A light had finally come to disperse the darkness. The Savior of the world came to bring us from death to life.

As we celebrate Christmas with our families and friends, I pray that the life and hope that He brings be a reminder that the light of the world is here for me and for you.

“I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.” (John 8:12 NIV)

~ Vijoy