The Purpose of It All

"He's the reason for the season, he's the purpose of it all.

He's the God of all creation and the mighty Lord of all.

He's the reason for the season, for the trimmings and the tree.

May this Christmas time remind you that He came to set us free."

(-Christine Wyrtzen)

If you're of similar "vintage" as I am, you'll probably recognize this as a popular Christmas tune from a few years back.  It's one I often find myself singing or humming as I go about my tasks during this busy season.

It's easy, in the midst of the hustle and bustle that are part of this season, to forget why we're doing all this rushing around.  All this decorating and cookie baking and gift wrapping.  To forget the purpose of it all.

This song reminds us.

Jesus is the reason. 

Jesus is the purpose for it all.

And that has a lot to do with why I love that line from "Hark!  The Herald Angels Sing" so much.  "God and sinners reconciled."  That one line encapsulates the reason why He came.  It gives us the purpose of it all.

Yes, Jesus was born on a holy night.  He was born in the little town of Bethlehem.  Angels appeared to shepherds and sang Gloria in excelsis Deo.  It was an occasion of great Joy to the World!

But that one line from that one carol sums it all up.  It gives us, in one brief statement, the reason, the purpose, for this event that we call Christmas.

Jesus came to die.

For me.

For you.

For the world.

To reconcile sinful mankind to Holy God.

As you're baking and decorating, as you're singing and celebrating, as you're buying and giving gifts, don't lose sight of that one fact.

Jesus was born to die, so that through His death, God and sinners might be reconciled.

That's the purpose of it all.



Listen to Hark! the Herald Angels Sing here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFjMPaOBzXc

Listen to He's The Reason for the Season here:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZyEteG_nsw4