A Christmas Package

If it doesn’t fit into your box...get a new box...Randy Cross said of Tim Tebow. Tebow began his career at the University of Florida as a talented high school football player, he left as one of the most decorated college quarterbacks ever. His transition to pro football hasn’t been as easy...he doesn’t fit the mold of a traditional pro quarterback...he doesn’t sit back n the pocket and throw for 300 yards completing 60% of his passes...but there is 1 thing he does and that is win. The Denver Broncos began the season 1-4. Since Tebow became quarterback they have gone 5-1 yet the criticism persists, simply because he doesn’t fit into the box of what a quarterback should be in the NFL.

Don’t know if we’ve ever realized it but God tends to be outside our box of thinking. Asking Abraham to take Isaac and sacrifice him was outside the box...Abraham got a new box...Asking Moses to lead an entire nation out of Egypt was outside the box...Moses finally got a new box...Esther becoming a queen and walking into the kings presence unannounced to save Israel was outside of the box...through Mordecai’s help she got a new box...

This time of year there will be trees full of boxes...but what we celebrate is outside the box...it  began with God coming to a young teen to announce she would carry the package for this outside the box gift. The conception would take place in an unconventional manner...the Savior would be born in an unconventional place, He would be raised in an unconventional town by to unconventional parents. His ministry would be unconventional and end in an unconventional way...initially many missed the unconventional Messiah because they were looking inside the box. Today there are many who continue to miss the Messiah because they are looking inside the box. That is why it is up to us to lead them to look outside the box...to do this we may have to get a new box of what reaching these people looks like. What once worked may have worked for years and years but something new comes on the scene and while it looks unconventional it works and we give the credit to God...instead of criticizing because it doesn’t fit into our box...let’s get a new box to help people see outside the box