Every Season, Everything

      I keep hearing on the radio and seeing on TV, Facebook, and G+ "Jesus is the reason for the season" "Keep Christ in Christmas" and other such post that are meant to encourage you to look to God at this time of year, but my thoughts are this, what about the other times of the year? Where is the reminder that this is supposed to be all about God then? Where are the "Jesus is the reason for the season" post, commercials, and commentary the rest of the year, because certainly there would be none without God's design in place, He is the reason behind every season.
        My point today is we should be looking to Him and remembering Him everyday, not just when  it is time to start to pull out Christmas decorations (which Ps, isn't actually Jesus's birthday, Christmas is closer to a pagan holiday). God is to be first in our hearts, that means including Him in every part of our lives, everyday of the year, not just once or twice a year. God does not want to be our second thought, nor does He deserve it. God should be our first thought, and our first love because He is love and first loved us.
        I wrote yesterday about being moderate, and I'm sure this urging for Christ to be first and for Him to be involved in all parts of your life seems reminiscent of it, but that's because this message is so important. God MUST be first in your heart, you must surrender yourself to Him and accept Jesus to be saved, cleansed of your iniquity, and made new through Him. Serving God and using the gifts He gave me to touch others has brought more fulfillment than anything else in my life, and He will do the same in yours if you're willing to let go of the world's view of Him, and embrace the man He still is! 
       Jesus is in every season, and everyday since the beginning of time, we were created by God through Christ and they should be honored and held in a place of respect for it, not looked at like a nice fairy tale that we tell our kids about at Christmas and Easter. This is not how we were told to honor them, God gave us a book that tells us exactly what He expects, and the grace He allows us when we fail and need forgiveness. Every season, everyday, they are His, what can you do today that shows Him you are grateful for it?

Genesis 1:1
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

 Exodus 20:2-6

“I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery.

“You shall have no other gods before me.

“You shall not make for yourself an image in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below.  You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me, but showing love to a thousand generations of those who love me and keep my commandments.   

 

Matthew 4:10        

Then Jesus said to him, “Be gone, Satan! For it is written, “‘You shall worship the Lord your God and him only shall you serve.   

John 1:1-5
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.