“I have not hidden your deliverance within my heart;
I have spoken of your faithfulness and your salvation;
I have not concealed your steadfast love and your faithfulness
from the great congregation.”
– Psalm 40:10
The Christmas season is one of the times we’re most visibly reminded of God’s deliverance, salvation, faithfulness, and steadfast love. After all, God sent His eternal Son into our world as a baby, born of a virgin, and laid to rest in a manger in Bethlehem so that we could experience these blessings.
If you’ve put your faith in Jesus, that baby, long since grown, crucified, raised from the dead, and ruling from heaven, then you’ve received these extraordinary blessings from God. You’ve been delivered from the penalty for your sins and set free from the permanence of death. You’ve received God’s salvation and experienced His steadfast love and faithfulness through Christ.
Are you, like the psalmist, telling people about that? Are you hiding these blessings in your heart or are your naturally speaking of them as you meet people or wind up in deep discussions about life? Is Christ’s love and faithfulness a secret you’re keeping to yourself or a blessing and invitation you’re freely sharing with others who need hope and salvation this season?
Followers of Jesus should be talking about Him, not just with fellow believers (for encouragement and exhortation) but with those who don’t yet believe. They need these blessings too, so please don’t keep them from hearing about experiencing them through faith in Jesus!