There had been lots and lots of debates on the holiness and/or the evil of Christmas. A lot of theologians can now proove that X-mas does not have anything to do with the Bible or Jesus Christ himself. This is mainly because the word "christmas" itself does not exist in the Bible. Neither does Santa Claus. Some historians have also proved that Christ was never born on the 25th of December.Now, i dont care whether people cele
brate christmas or not but i am worried about a few things. In Zimbabwe alone, every Christmas and New Year holidays, hundreds of people die from accidents . The accidents are not caused by anything but negligence and human error. This is caused by a certain spirit that hovers around during this time. A lot of blood is spilled. People do not only die in accidents, but the period is also notoriously known for its highest murder rates. It's either people are robbed and left for dead or it is street fighting or domestic violence. People who haven't hurt anyone before have the vigour to do it or evenmore, to kill. That is a bad spirit. Devil at Christmas. It is even more dangerous to travel especially at night during this period. And it is supposed to be a Holly-day!I noticed that it is also when our kids are involved in adventurous but regrettable acts. Teenegers are over-excited. Most of them lose their virginity to strangers. Some start their first alcoholic drink and God knows what else. Criminal activities. Smoking. Drugs. Divorces are at the pick. Is that how we commemorate the birth of our Lord? I do not think so.
January disease is a sickness of the wallet or bank account in January when people have overspent during the christmas holiday. In January, most kids are starting school and need uniforms and so forth and the parents are bankrupt because they couldn't save any money but spend at Christmas. This is the time when many people are depressed, stressed, and getting into serious debts. Families will end up suffering soon after abserving the so called "Birthday" of the one who was sent to take people out of suffering.
Instead of celebrating, we end up witnesseing x-masdestruction. That is not the will of God for people to suffer. My word is people should try to take it easy. Do not get overexcited lest the car you are driving gets excited as well. A certain Pastor taught me and said, "Evangelist, if you feel you are too excited about something, stop it and see if you still want to do it when you are sober". Just be disciplined and stop impulsive buying. Stop indulging. Stop exploring until such a time you are not too excited.
A lot of families have fun and nice times during this Christmas Holiday. Thumbs up! Churches have p
owerful conferences and meetings. Powerful! Some poeple will also be more responsive to the Gospel. Lets take advantage and do more witnessing then. More praying to counter the increased evil. Lets not give the Devil an opportuniy to destroy and steal and kill in the name of Christ-mas for he is full of deceit and trickery. Allow God to give you eyes to see danger from afar Prov 27:12. God bless you all this Christmas!