Christmas says that God provides. He came to this earth and let Himself be wrapped in swaddling clothes for you. And He didn't stop there. He let Himself be wrapped upon a cross for you. And He didn't stop there. He let Himself be wrapped in grave clothes for you. And He didn't stop there. Through His resurrection and ascension into heaven He is now wrapped in glory and power. He is able to meet every one of your needs. He is able to solve every one of your problems!

Jesus Christ is a providing God. Therefore He wants you to trust Him. Perhaps you have come to church today with some major problems in your life. You feel like you have some unmet needs. Why should you be wrapped up in fear and anxiety about these problems and unmet needs? God is a providing God! When you have taken Jesus as your personal God, you can trust Him as a providing God.

Jesus Christ is a personal God so take Him. Jesus Christ is a providing God so trust Him. And a Real World Christmas means one other thing: Jesus Christ is a possible God, so enthrone Him. Do you remember what Jesus said? "What is impossible with men is possible with God" (Lk. 18:27). With Jesus Christ all things are possible!

A little boy was participating in a children's Christmas program. He was standing on the front stage and was supposed to recite the words of Jesus when He said: "I am the light of the world" As this little boy stood up to say his part, his mind went blank and he forgot his line. His mother was sitting in the front pew. She whispered to him: "I am the light of the world." Her son couldn't hear her. So she said it again. Then she repeated it a third time. That's when the little boy straightened up and said loudly and confidently: "My mother is the light of the world!"

No she's not, Jesus is! This means that with Jesus Christ all things are possible. Maybe there are some things in your life that God has been asking you to do but you have been resisting Him. You have been saying to yourself "I don't see how I can possibly do that."

You need to remember what happened that first Christmas in the real world. It seemed impossible that a humble, poor man's home could become the palace of a prince. It seemed impossible that a feed trough could become a king's throne. But when Jesus came, the impossible became possible!

He can do the same thing in your life if you will take Him, trust Him and enthrone Him. Don't just give Him the guest room of your life. Give Him the main living area. Let Him be in the middle of your life. Let Him be the Lord and Leader of your problems, your needs and your hopes and dreams. Let Him be the Lord and Leader of your impossible situations. Let Him be the Lord and Leader of your heart and life. Enthrone Him!

When Jesus Christ came He took a humble and ordinary home and transformed it into something extraordinary. Jesus can take your humbled, ordinary heart and life and transform it into something extraordinary. He is a possible God, so enthrone Him!

Now don't go home tonight and burn all your Nativity Scenes. I intend to keep setting mine up every year. These scenes still have great meaning and provide a great witness. It's like a little girl who was once looking at her family Nativity Scene. As she was looking at it she turned to her mother and said "Mommy this sure is a beautiful activity scene." A Real World Christmas says that God is a very active God. He is active in His Son Jesus Christ. He is a personal God so take Him -- let your heart be His home. He is a providing God so trust Him -- He will never leave you out in the cold. He is a possible God so enthrone Him -- no more giving Him the guest rooms of your life; give Him the main living area. This is a Real World Christmas. And you thought you had heard it all before!