How the Real Grinch ALMOST Stole Christmas

Author's Note:  Much is influencing us these days; our culture, our government, friends, family, but, what about the influence of God on our lives?  Shouldn't He be influencing everything?  Even the most mundane activities should be under His influence.  So, my question for you is R U Influenced?  Please consider my thoughts on His influence for this month...

 

By Wade B. Mumm, PhD

We are all familiar with the children’s story “How the Grinch Stole Christmas,” but the REAL Grinch plotted and schemed to end it all before it even began.  According to Scripture, he hatched more than one plan to destroy the Savior of the world.  For example, you recall, from the Christmas story, how King Herod tried to kill the baby Jesus by decreeing that all males under the age of two be killed.  Then, some thirty-three years later, a new plot unfolded at the hands of an angry mob as the Savior was brutalized, killed and left for dead. Satan, for a moment, thought he had stole Christmas and with it the Hope of all humankind.  God had other plans. Christ rose from the dead and declared eternal life for those who believe in him.  Great story.  But, the story isn’t finished because the real Grinch, satan, has purposed in his heart to destroy you as well.  Scripture is clear, satan’s purpose is to kill, steal, and destroy.  What does he want to destroy?  You.  Why?  Because, you are what God loves the most in all the universe.  Check this out…if you wanted to hurt me as much as possible, how would you do it?  You would hurt me most by hurting those I love the most like my children. Satan understands that he cannot get to God, so he has purposed in his heart to get to those that God loves the most…his children.  That’s you and I who believe in and live for Christ.  This Christmas season, we would do well to recognize that our real enemy is not our spouse, the poor economy, our hectic schedule, or even the IRS, but our enemy is the real Grinch who ALMOST stole Christmas.

Wade.

Comments

[David.Allen@allengroupe.com]

Great message Wade! Thanks for getting us back to where we need to be mentally and spiritually.

David

[Sherryl Stiles]

Thanks for putting the whole thing so neatly in a nutshell, Wade. You're so right - how easily we forget who the real enemy of our souls is and how blinded we can be to his devices. Great blog, my friend. Sherryl S, Perth WA

[Allen Mondesir]

I love it...so true!