One snowy Christmas eve a man’s wife was taking their kids to the Christmas eve service at church. She pleaded with him to come, but he refused. He ridiculed her and said, “Why would God lower himself and become a human like us? It's such a ridiculous story!"
After his family left for church, the winds grew stronger and the snow turned into a blizzard. Just as he sat down to relax before the fire for the evening, he heard a loud thump, something hitting against the window, then another thump. He looked outside but couldn't see anything. Finally, in the field near his house he saw a flock of geese! They were apparently flying to look for a warmer area down south, but got caught in the snow storm. The snow had become too blinding for the geese to fly or see. They were lost and stranded on his farm, with no food or shelter. They just fluttered their wings and flew around in circles around the field blindly and aimlessly.
He wanted to help them. He thought to himself, "The barn would be a great place for them to stay! It's warm and safe; they could spend the night and wait out the storm."
So he walked over to the barn and opened the doors for them. He waited, watching them, hoping they would notice the open barn and go inside. But they just fluttered around aimlessly and didn't notice the barn or realize what it could mean for them. He moved toward them to get their attention, but they just moved away from him out of fear.
He went into the house and came back out with some bread and made a bread trail leading to the barn. They still didn't catch on.
Nothing he did could get them to go where there was warmth, safety, and shelter.
Feeling totally frustrated, he exclaimed, "Why don't they follow me! Can't they see this is the only place where they can survive! How can I possibly get them into the one place to save them?"
He thought for a moment and realized that they just won't follow a human. He said to himself, "The only way for me to save them would be for me to become like those geese. If only I could become like one of them! Then I could save them! They would follow me and I would lead them to safety."
He stood silently for a moment as his words reverberated in his mind: "If only I could become like one of them -- then I could save them." He remembered what he had said to his wife: "Why would God want to be like us? That's ridiculous!" Something clicked in his mind. He finally understood Christmas.
This old story reminds us we were just like the geese; blind, gone astray, perishing. God became like us so He could make a way available to save us. That is the meaning of Christmas.
This Christmas take time to celebrate that God came to us in the form of a little baby so He could be just like us. He became like us because that was the only way to save us. You could gain so much more this holiday than ten pounds or another sweater. You could gain eternal life.
Happy to be in God’s barn… Jerry
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