This is the busiest time of the year for many people. Each year during the Christmas season and months leading into December, stores stay open late and hire additional help to assist the customers. Many look for more profit and Christmas bonuses. Perhaps it is a time where many look forward to more fun and parties. It is a time that some get impatient as they await to open gifts on Christmas morning.

What does Christmas mean? Do we get so tied up into all of the happenings around us that we forget Whose birthday we celebrate at Christmas? Christmas is the celebration of Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior's birthday and it is a time each year that we should be focused on remembering His birth and what He means to each of us.

When Jesus came to make His announcment to the shepherds, He was making an annoucement to each of us that "It is My FREE gift to you." Christmas was exciting to those in Bethlehem on that night over 2,000 years ago and it ought to be exciting to us everyday as we celebrate what the real meaning of Christmas is.

What will Christmas in 2016 mean to you? May we all praise God this Christmas too saying, "Glory to God in the highest, And on earth peace, Good will toward men" (Luke 2:14). Amen!

Disclaimer: Pastor Shane's devotions are written under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit of God and are never intended to be directed toward any one individual or group or any particular situation. These daily devotions are sent to thousands of subscribers through different mediums and is intended to proclaim truths from the Word of God. Thank you for taking the time to read and please continue to pray for wisdom as Pastor Shane's heart is to write in a spirit of love and to bring life application for every day living to those who are reading. ~Blessings!