Universal Size Gift

Gifts are anticipated items during celebrations or rewards for excellent performance. The Christmas season is one of such festive periods when love is expressed as gifts between families, friends, neighbours, colleagues, brethren etc.
Amongst the family, its often from the parents or elders to children or juniors respectively, of course the reverse is also obtainable.

In a particular family, the father is the type who never fails to pickup stuffs for the children during Christmas. Of course like every other kids, the children at some occasion will complain of the size. And the joy of the parent will always be that the kids appreciate the gifts else both parties doesn’t see it as a perfect gift.

A certain Christmas eve, while the father returns home with gifts as usual on surprise, he quickly evoke to mind the incidence between him and the kids some years back and he got worried a bit ” I hope its a perfect size?”. Fortunately for him, the kids wants to surprise both parent too.
After distributing each item to the intended owner, at a glance to their beauty and tailor made size, the kids joyfully exclaimed ” we got you a surprise tooooooooo! “.
Flabbergasted and overwhelmed as he looked, seeing the packed gift, he bleated within him at first ” I’m I sure its gonna size me?”. At a second glance, he couldn’t hold his doubt within him anymore but this time spoke outrightly for himself and the wife, ” this gifts doesn’t look our size”.
Frankly, the item look so small that the father assumed they must have return one of the gift items to him. But it doesn’t really look like one of the items he got for them yet he doubted. But the kids being happy for surprising their parents this time, shouted in unison ” its a universal size”.

He had again imagined what the kids meant by universal size and in awe he looked at the wife and asked ” do they mean, a size fit all?”
Well, that sounds mysterious, how possible could that be??
Of what quality, design and measurement must it be, to suit everyone with different body size? That’s impossible, the wife shouted out this time.
Then one the kids told them, simply believe, put it on and check it out yourself.

And that  quickly reminds me of Jesus’ conversation with Nicodemus in Jhn 3:15.
At God’s instruction to Moses, only those who looks to the lifted serpent are gonna be healed, so is everyone who believes in Christ, accept Him and live for Him.
Christ is the Universal Size Gift from God to mankind.

How He’s gonna redeem you shouldn’t be your troubles.                            It doesn’t matter who you’re.
It doesn’t matter what tribe you belong.
It doesn’t matter the magnitude of the atrocities you’ve committed.
Simply believe in Him as the Only Redeemer from God, make up your mind and accept Him and live for Him.                                                        For God loved the world so much that He traded His Only son who is far greater than the whole universe put together, yet He came as man, that anyone who believes in Him, will not perish but have eternal life- John 3:16

He’s not for the poor or marginalized alone.
He’s not just for the rich and famous either, else some wouldn’t qualify; but He came for everyone , for All, regardless of status, social standing, financial situation etc cos He’s the Only gift truly fit and perfect for All.

Merry Christmas.
Christ is the reason for the season.

Shalom!

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The Perfect Gift

Generally speaking, human loves appreciation which is an attribute of the creator. In addition we prefer rewards or expect the appreciation in kind or cash, there and then some understands better the essence else, the word ‘ Thank you’ is not different from a known slang. When most people reply your vocal appreciation with “Don’t mention”, they’re indirectly telling you; ‘ I don’t need that’.

Well, that’s on a jovial part.

Out of several beautiful gift items, if you’re given opportunity to pick just one, there will always be a perfect one amongst them. Now the attribute of uniqueness may depend on several characteristics and will certainly differ both to the giver & the recipient or even a third party.
But then there’s/are uniqueness found in one that may generally be accepted by all.

Of all gifts God has given and still gives to humanity, Christ remains the one and perfect gift from God. Yet God still gives us many more gifts which some may attach excess importance to and think its the best.
From wealth to children, from wisdom to skills & talents, from mercies and grace to life and other unquantifiable gifts God has bestowed, Christ is still the unique one.

Alternatively if we were to offer to God a gift of all He gave us, which becomes the perfect gift?
Every good and perfect gift comes from God above- James 1:17.
Of all the crops of the farm land, God only demanded of the first fruit reason best known to Him. – Ex 23.

Giving any of the gifts received back to Him, wouldn’t mean they’re perfect, remember the uniqueness for perfection must be bidirectional or multidirectional – pleasing to God, us and/others.
Paul admonished the Roman brethren, “I beseech to present yourself as a living & holy sacrifice, that which is acceptable to God.” – Rom 12.
In other to present an acceptable gift of ourselves requires transforming our minds, changing our reasoning, thoughts and that’s Only possible when your mind is willing and ready to accept Christ into your life and the Holy Spirit is realised to initiate and control your thoughts & reasoning.
There’s no other gift perfect enough to give God other than that we have received from Him- your Life.
What have you that you’ve not received from God?

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