That’s not a passage that many of us read often, nor is it a verse that we hear at Christmas. But maybe it should be! As we approach this weekend, gifts will be opened and received, others will be proclaimed the best Christmas gift ever, and still others will be returned for refunds.
However, Christmas reveals to us the life-altering richness of God’s greatest gift that He gave to us through Jesus Christ. This is why the words of Jude are fitting during this time of year. The closing words of his letter pulsate with hope, joy, and confidence. Because Jesus Christ has come into the world, we have the promise of faith to stand before God faultless, that we will be kept from falling, and that we can experience the great joy of eternal life. This life-changing, history-changing gift of God is made possible through faith in Jesus. God came to us in our helpless, hopeless brokenness and changed us and our future.
As we celebrate the first and best gift of Christmas this weekend, I pray that the truths of Jude’s words would speak powerfully into your lives. I pray that the healing power of this passage would penetrate your hurts and fears. Finally, I pray we would take up our new reality in Jesus…that we have a new identity in Him because we are new creations, and that our future is secure because “The Awaited One” has come into the world.
