"For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich" (2 Cor. 8:9).
During the Christmas season we often hear about getting into the Christmas spirit. But what most people mean by the Christmas spirit rarely captures the essence of the true spirit of Christ and his incarnation. What most people mean by the Christmas spirit is nothing more than "sentimental jollity on a family basis." But what it should mean is being like Jesus, who for our sake became poor, and not just at Christmas time, but all the time.
Those who exemplify this spirit, "live their whole lives on the principle of making themselves poor, spending and being spent, to enrich their fellow humans, giving time, trouble, care and concern, to do good to others, and not just their own friends, in whatever way there seems need" (J.I. Packer). May we live daily in the true spirit of Christmas to the glory of Jesus.
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