In 1971, Ray Tomlinson was experi- menting with ways
people and computers could interact. When he sent a message from his computer
through a network to a different unit in his office, he had sent the first
e-mail. Now decades later, more than a billion e-mails are sent every day. Many
contain important news from family and friends, but others may carry unwanted
advertising or a destructive virus. A basic rule governing e-mail use is:
“Don’t open it unless you trust the sender.”
God has sent us a message in the Person of His Son,
and we can trust the Sender. In the Old Testament, God spoke to His people
through the prophets and many rejected God’s Word. But it was all leading to
this: “God, who at various times and in various ways spoke in time past to the
fathers by the prophets, has in these last days spoken to us by His Son, whom
He has appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the worlds”
(Heb. 1:1-2).
We may be awed by the inexplicable mystery of Almighty
God entering our world as a baby, yet remain hesitant to embrace Christ fully
and place our lives in His hands.
Christmas is the unforgettable message of love,
redemption, and hope sent by God. Will you trust the Sender and open His
message today?
God’s timeless message of hope is waiting to be
received. (RBC)
