You're Twice Mine

"And Jesus said unto him, This day is salvation come to this house, forsomuch as he also is a son of Abraham. For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost."
Luke 19:9-10
Christ sacrificed His earthly life for your eternal salvation.
There once was a story about a little boy who built a sailboat. He had it all fixed up, tarred and painted. He took it to the lake and pushed it in hoping it would sail. Sure enough a wisp of breeze filled the little sail and it billowed and went rippling along the waves. Suddenly before the little boy knew it, the boat was out of his reach, even though he waded in fast and tried to grab it. As he watched it float away, he hoped maybe the breeze would shift and it would come sailing back to him. Instead he watched it go farther and farther until it was gone. When he went home crying, his mother asked, "What's wrong, didn't it work?" And he said, "It worked too well."
Some time later, the little boy was downtown and walked past a second hand store. There in the window he saw the boat. It was unmistakably his, so he went in and said to the proprietor, "That's my boat." He walked to the window, picked it up and started to leave with it. The owner of the shop said, "Wait a minute, Sonny. That's my boat. I bought it from someone." The boy said, "No, it's my boat. I made it. See." And he showed him the little scratches and the marks where he hammered and filed. The man said, "I'm sorry, Sonny. If you want it, you have to buy it."
The poor little guy didn't have any money, but he worked hard and saved his pennies. Finally, one day he had enough money. He went in and bought the little boat. As he left the store holding the boat close to him, he was heard saying, "You're my boat. You're twice my boat. First you're my boat 'cause I made you and second you're my boat 'cause I bought you!"
As you think about Christmas Eve and focus on Christ's birth so many years ago, the reason for His birth has to come to mind. Christ wasn't born to rule this world. He didn't come down to earth to prove a point. His one goal was to die on a Cross to save this world from our sins.
Even though His birth meant death, the Lord came willingly. He owns us because He made us. Yet, He came to redeem us and pay sin's debt. We had turned our backs on Him, yet He loved us enough to be born of a virgin and live so He could die.
Imagine knowing the purpose of your life was to die a cruel death for crimes you had not committed. Think of growing up knowing the end of your life was only a couple decades away. Yet even though He saw the end, Christ saw His children and was gladly born that first Christmas.
Have you thanked the Lord for being born on Christmas, knowing He was destined to die on the Cross? He sacrificed His earthly life for your eternal salvation. Take time tonight to read Luke 2 with your family. Meditate on the holy birth of our Saviour. And thank Him for coming to earth even though it meant death on a tree.

Daily Bible Reading
Daniel 5-7 | 2 John