“He Did It Again”
December 24, 2021
I have a childhood memory of Santa Claus riding through the neighborhoods on a fire truck on Christmas Eve. And I have written about this memory before.
The first hint that he was coming was the din of sirens in the distance and I remember knowing that the sirens did not indicate an alarm, but rather, the arrival of Santa Claus. The emotions I felt when I heard the sounds of his coming closer to my neighborhood were a mix of fun and fright. It was exciting that Santa was paying a visit, but the thought that he “knows what you’ve been doing” was enough to give even a small child high blood pressure. I can remember grabbing a coat and hurrying to get outside so as not to miss the “candy toss” that Santa would perform. And I can remember jockeying for position and getting in line with Santa’s pitch so I wouldn’t miss catching any of what Santa was throwing.
Well, Santa did it again this year, but with a slightly different flare. Today, Santa Claus not only rode through the neighborhood and threw candy, but he stopped the fire truck, allowed kids and adults to approach the truck, while posing for pictures and pitching one more time what the children wanted for Christmas. And once again, my childhood memory of “Santa Coming to Town” was refreshed. And once again I was reminded of Psalm 84:11b,
The Lord will withhold no good thing
from those who do what is right. (NLT)
As God’s children walk sincerely and rightly, God will withhold no thing that is valuable, good, and merry, from them. Never do God’s children need to jockey for position, or make sure they get in the line of God’s giving of good things. If we are walking uprightly, we need not fear that anything good for us will miss us—a job, a promotion, a spouse, etc…
What a comfort to know that the God who knows all of what I have been doing, whether good or bad, will never withhold that which is good for me as I walk rightly with Him! And He’ll do it again and again all throughout our lives, and not just on Christmas Eve!