Virtue in the Manifest Presence of God.

Yes, it is Christmas time and I had the awesome privilege of Worshipping at my local church this afternoon. I have been studying about virtue recently and not just any kind of virtue but christian virtue. My purpose is not to detail everything that I have been learning but to exclaim that without virtue, life holds no purpose and with virtue we hold in our hands the very purpose of our existence, the manifest Presence of God. We are on a team and you are on this team if you have believed in Christ. As you may have discovered we are called to believe in the present tense and after we have believed we are called to virtue. Virtue is hard work and lest you be discouraged, it takes effort again and again even when you fall down. The alternative isn't worth a mention, but if you take courage in the fact that you are a sinner and have come to the place in your life where you realise that after you believe there is work to be done, you will not fail in the quest for christian character.

Pour out that thought that the right thing to do is be emancipated from your self. The right thing is a christian thing that will lead you into the manifest Presence of God. This is all that matters, we were created to experience the Glory of God and when you see it, you will give it the glory that is rightfully His. Jesus Christ was born this day, and we celebrate his gift to us. Receive the gift of Christ, and pray that you would be counted worthy of His Presence. amen.

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