You are the Person of the Year

“…The "Great Man" theory of history is usually attributed to the Scottish philosopher Thomas Carlyle, who wrote that "the history of the world is but the biography of great men." He believed that it is the few, the powerful and the famous who shape our collective destiny as a species. That theory took a serious beating this year…” this is how opening paragraph of TIME magazine introduces it’s cover story – Person of the year – YOU in the Christmas edition.
Every year a Person of the Year was chosen. This time the tradition was changed – no need for a great person when each individual determines his story and history. The editor suggests that it's about “the many wresting power from the few and helping one another for nothing and how that will not only change the world, but also change the way the world changes.”
How was your year? Have you been the man/woman/boy/girl of the year? Has this year been your year? Are YOU the person of the year? Really?!
TIME editors consider those who influence others to be the makers of history. Nowadays bloggers are the buzz people. My computer thinks that “blogger” is a misspelling, ‘cause it’s a new word that came into existence only in May 1999 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blog). In their sample of 15 people there are those who use their vice as virtue, morality is outdated.
You may look over all those pictures from trips you’ve been on. You may go over your account books to see how much money you’ve made. You may simply look at your grade reports from school. You may look at the “to do” list to see how many lines are not crossed out yet. What does really determine how successful was your year?
Speaking recently on the Millennial expectations I quoted apostle Peter’s catchphrase “with God one day is as good as a 1000 years and a 1000 years is only a day.” (2^nd Peter 3:8) What truly makes our days and years matter is being with God, living in God’s presence. For a time without God is counted as wasted in the books that do matter when the Judgment Throne appears.
When Jesus becomes your Person of the Year then you are also Person of the Year in His Book of Life. That’s Jesus’ direct promise: “Whoever acknowledges me before men, I will also acknowledge him before my Father in heaven.” (Matthew 10:32) Welcome to Jesus’ world of definitions where the winner is the one whose name is confessed before the Father and is written in the Book of Life. (Revelation 3:5)
Welcome to the actual reality – you are the Person of the Year only in Christ Jesus!