Jesus got three gifts when he was born - gold, frankincense, and myrrh. Before he left the earth, after his death and resurrection, he also gave his disciples three wonderful gifts.
First of all, he gave his disciples peace- A priceless gift. He said to his disciples: ' Peace be with you'.Through faith in Christ and in his death and resurrection, we have peace with God. We are 'good' with God. He is not angry with us, in fact, we have, through Christ, become the apple of his eye! We can, therefore, go out and serve God with a peaceful mind, not with a stressed or anxious one worrying whether we are pleasing to him. We are at peace with him- the fear has gone! Wonderful indeed.
Secondly, he also commissioned the disciples to do the most significant vocation possible: 'As the Father has sent me, I am sending you.' Wow, what a calling, what a charge, what a commission! He wants us to be his representatives- little Christs, little anointed ones. In fact, this commission is so wonderful it is impossible to do without his third gift to us!
The third gift is the empowerment to fulfill the commission- the Holy Spirit- God dwelling within us. Now if we had half a million pounds in our wallet we would feel special and blessed. But being indwelt by the maker of the universe? Could we be more blessed? Of course not, never in a million years.
What great gifts- it's like Christmas every day. Receive them today.
'Again Jesus said, “PEACE BE WITH YOU! AS THE FATHER HAS SENT ME, I AM SENDING YOU' And with that he breathed on them and said, “RECEIVE THE HOLY SPIRIT.'
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