This month most of the world will celebrate the Christmas season. Many will understand that the celebration is about the birth of a Savior, but the majority of our world will celebrate Christmas without celebrating Christ. 

The Christmas season is the perfect time to help people understand what Paul was saying to the Colossians. The world will notice the ways our celebrations are different from their own.

As Christians gather, we can be “knit together in love” and live with the “full assurance of understanding and the knowledge of God’s mystery.” Christmas is about Christ, “in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.”

Wisdom is understanding that the gift of Jesus is our treasure. Christmas is about Christ, and we celebrate the birth of our Savior.

It’s been said that the entire message of the gospel is found in John 3:16. We celebrate Christmas because of God’s love and grace for this world. God gave us his Son, his own Self, so that anyone who believed in him could have eternal life.

The most important gift God’s children give each Christmas season is simply sharing the gift we have been given. Every family member deserves to live with the joy of eternal life. Every friend, coworker, and acquaintance can discover that the true joy of the season is found through personal faith in Christ. As believers we are called to share the gift of Jesus.

We will enjoy this holiday and all the celebrations, but we will enjoy it more if we live this season as a disciple of the Christ child we honor. Wisdom is understanding that the gift of Jesus is our treasure. Who might celebrate this Christmas with Christ because you wisely shared the faith you treasure with them?