At the end of November, one of our partners, BJUPress, posted a scripture reading plan to read the book of Luke throughout December. When I saw it, I instantly took a screenshot and decided I was going to embark on this journey. I honestly wondered why I had never done this before. It didn’t take long for me to begin the reading plan and to be both blessed and convicted.
Blessed be the Lord God of Israel; for he hath visited and redeemed his people, And hath raised up an horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David; As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets, which have been since the world began: That we should be saved from our enemies, and from the hand of all that hate us; To perform the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant;
Luke 1:68-72
When I read these verses, I was reminded of the true meaning of the season: to have a relationship with the living God, to have Him visit us and be manifested within us, giving us the gift of salvation. The reason we celebrate His birth is to truly understand, as verse 37 says, “For with God nothing shall be impossible.”
My mind then shifted, as it always does, to how this revelation truly impacts my life and the calling I have. Over the past 25 years, I have been deeply involved in Kingdom Education. All three of my boys have been educated in Kingdom Education schools, with the foundation of God’s Word embedded in their hearts and minds. Two of my boys have graduated, and now I have three grandchildren beginning their educational journey in a Kingdom Education setting.
You cannot convince me otherwise: when God’s Word is deeply rooted in the curriculum, teacher training, classroom interactions, and the core of education, daily Christmas is alive and celebrated. When we have God literally visiting with us every day while we open textbooks for math, science, history, English, foreign languages, arts, and athletics, lives are changed, hearts and minds are renewed, and eternity is impacted.
Looking back, was it all a sacrifice for my family and children? Most definitely. We may have missed out on experiences that others had. We may not have participated in everything that some may have wanted or desired. But what we did gain was a focus on what truly matters: Jesus Above All. What we did receive was a Kingdom Education that, Lord willing, will transform generations of Eulers to come. I would never have allowed my children, looking back, to choose anything other than what God allowed them to experience.
At a Kingdom school, you literally are bathed in what Jesus was bathed in.
At a Kingdom school, you literally are bathed in what Jesus was bathed in.
And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favour with God and man.
Luke 2:52
This is how Kingdom Education and Christmas intersect. This is not only the why behind Kingdom Education, but also the benefit: daily experiencing the manifested presence of God within the educational process. You are bound to produce warriors for the Kingdom who are ten times better than anything Babylon has to offer.
A great word, Tim! I couldn’t agree more.