God being selfish? Is He really?

It's late at night now, some of my friends were talking about what is trinity all about and stuff. My friend Ivan, asked one question like is God being selfish for creating everything for Himself? I think that God is not being selfish, there are a few reasons why i say that.

God is God Himself. what does selfish means? the definition i got from the web is....

Selfishness is, at base, the concept and/or practice of concern with one's own interests in some sort of priority to the interests of others; it is often used to refer to a self-interest that comes in a particular form, or above a certain level.

Is God being selfish just being concerned about Himself? Wel, you might think so. However, the reason i don't think so is because God is God, He is great and big and i do mean really really GRREATTTT and BBIIIIIGGGGGG. Human can be selfish when they try to do things for themself to glorify themselves so that they can enjoy themselves and make themselves look bigger than they really are. God is all-knowing and all-owning, everything was made by Him and for Him. If you feel that God is just using you just as a puppet and not being concerned of your own enjoyment and interest, it's not true. Well, but the first point is He created you and He has all the right to decide what you do, when you do, how you do it and etc..

But more importantly, is God really being selfish in doing that? I was kinda reminded, i don't know how but i remembered from the book "Don't waste your life" by Pastor John Piper. He once touched on this topic. Is God really loving us in making us serve Him and glorify Him? What is love? The world has a distorted view of love, love means makin someone feel good. but true love gives the person the best. And the greatest thing is God Himself, so in giving You the best is He being selfish? haha. You can think for yourself.

But this is what i would say, we will be most satisfied when God is most glorified.

Christmas & to aviod the simple equation of SANTA=SATAN

Christmas is coming again. Christmas is a time of happy holidays, it's all about Santa giving gifts to little children. It's a happy season with snow and gifts and food and turkeys. Besides that, it's also a time for lovers and family to be together and have fun too. My point is, all you will see is people in red hat, and Mr. Santa as the big super star.

Almost all the time, everything i said up there probably is what is in the minds of people. I know that well, because before i know what was Christmas all about that was all i know about Christmas. For some of you, you would think what's wrong with that? Isn't Christmas a happy happy joy joy time? Well, i know it's true that it's a happy happy joy joy time. BUT, all of us would probably missed out something even greater, something even bigger, something even larger if that's all we know about Christmas.

Therefore, there are few truths about Christmas that i would want to tell you all, about what is Christmas all about.

1. Christmas is
CHRISTMAS. hmm.. let's take the words apart, CHRIST-MAS. and then cancel out the MAS.
You will get something like this -CHRIST which means Messiah.
Messiah,means the Anointed One, the Promised-One, The Holy One of God, Saviour of Jews.
So, the word Christmas actually tells us a little about what it's all about, it's about this Christ.

2. Christ is about
GIFTS
Christmas is all about Christ right? so what does gifts have to do with Christ? Long time ago, as a little child that i was, i would always long for a nice Christmas present, a really nice one. I even remembered that there was once i got a chocolate and i was so happy that i got a note from Santa Clause(which is my dad though i never thought of it last time) thought it was saying that i was naughty but wants me to be better next year. As a little boy, presents do mean alot to me. but even now, i would still be happy to recieve gifts. I don't really know why human tends to get so happy when they got presents from their friends and family.

But did we realise what is the greatest gift of our life? this greatest gift was born in a form of a baby, this greatest gift was wrapped, not with gift wrapping paper, but with splendour and majesty. A baby that was born to reconcile man to God. God manifested himself in a form of a human being. That we may forgiven and able to see the Holiness of Our King and glorify our Holy God and being able to enjoy Him, which is the greatest gift we could ever get. Christmas is all about this Gift.

3. Christmas is about
LOVE
Isn't love a wonderful feeling? it's also one of the most strongest feelings you would ever have. the person you are in love with will be very precious to you, sometimes love can even make someone do crazy stuff that you will never even be able to imagine. LOVE isn't all about just making someone feel good, making someone feel great, also not just about intimacy, like BGR/HusbandWife intimacy, more importantly, wanting the best for the person you love.

God loves us, He cares for us, He wants the best for us. Because of that, i don't think we could ever thought that a God, a GLORIOUS, a WONDERFUL POWERFUL ALMIGTY ALL-KNOWING, ALL-POWERFUL, ..., ..., ... GOD would ever send His one and only Son to die for us.
not an easy life and not an easy death. Because of this great love, Jesus came to bring us back to Him. Christmas was when this Jesus, who love us so much, born in a human form into the world. A Sinless Child to be our Sacrificial lamb. Christmas is all about this LOVE.

I guess this is enough for now. Christmas is all about this Jesus. Not Santa. Santa is good but not good enough. Jesus Christ is the Star in this "MOVIE", not Santa. if santa takes over it, santa would be used by his "evil twin"(in name i mean). A simple equation......

if santa takes over as the star in human eyes, Mr. SANTA= Mr. SATAN

Seeker of this Truth, Jesus loves you and wants you to know that and feel His love and accept Jesus, Gift, Love into your life. Knower if this truth, Believe it. Believer of this Truth, Tell people about it. Lover of this Truth, stand up and shine for Jesus.

AMEN