Day 23: Isaiah 53:11
Out of the anguish of his soul he shall see and be satisfied; by his knowledge shall the righteous one, my servant, make many to be accounted righteous, and he shall bear their iniquities.
Isaiah 53:11 is good news. By faith in Christ you are accounted righteous before God. Christmas is about far more than Santa and sweets and gifts. Jesus, the one who came to bear our iniquities, is the focus of Christmas. He makes us righteous before God, because he was perfectly righteous in his life: doing everything good and nothing sinful.
Christmas is full of music, movies, festivities. It is easy to lose sight of why we celebrate Christmas: a righteous baby born to save and make many righteous.
Our righteousness is a gift from God given through faith in Jesus Christ. At Christmas, we celebrate the beginning of a life of righteousness that is applied to us. Daily, we anticipate the day when we will experience righteousness in the presence of God. The promised Messiah of the Old Testament was given a task far larger than making a country, he made a people righteous. Are you living out the righteousness of Christ?