Today’s song is not a Christmas song but in the first few lines it tells what Christmas is really all about. Stevie sings about Christmas saying, even through somethings we would not get a thing, we were happy with the joy the day would bring. Imagine that little kids that wouldn’t get anything for Christmas. Can you fit all of your Christmas gifts under your tree, or does the presents overflow into half the room?
Each year the local mall has what they call the Angel Tree. On this tall tree are tags provided by the Salvation Army of people in need, you are to take a tag and go buy what is on the tag then bring it back to the for the Salvation Army to give your gift to the needy people on that tag. A few weeks ago someone made a post on Face book that said,” I’m not going to get anything off the Angel Tree since those kids parents are walking around with I phone 10s! Of coarse,the I phone 10 wasn’t even out yet when this person made their post which they were so proud of. Where do these people get this attitude about the poor. It’s sad to say but a lot of people get this attitude from church. If you go to what we call a megachurch or watch a TV preacher, there is a good chance that you are listening to what we now call a WEALTH & HEALTH preacher. Their entire doctrine is based on John 10-10 where Jesus says “I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly These preacher say that you can’t have an abundant life being poor so this means Jesus wants your to be rich. People just love hearing how Jesus wants them to be rich, there are sport arenas that used to have the NBA playing in them but not are full, more than once a week. with people who are being told Jesus wants you to be rich. This false doctrine that is being preached all over our country, but just because it’s popular, and millions of people believe this false doctrine, doesn’t mean that’s it’s right. If this doctrine is right what does it mean to poor people? If this is right it means Jesus must hate poor people — just like the Republicans! In order for this doctrine to be correct you have to ignore much of words of Jesus in the Bible, this bit of scripture is never read at any megachurch or on TV. Matthew 25;40 Jesus says Verily I say unto you, Insomuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me. I think this destroys this person excuse for not going to the Angel Tree. If you are a Christian or call yourself a Christian, you are to give to others without excuse. I would think that it might be a good idea to go to the mall and take off a name or two or three, from the Angel Tree because there are kids, close by in our city, just like little Stevie Wonder who this Christmas will not get a thing, but you can have something to do about it. And then maybe you could find the joy the day could bring.