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)
