Where Are You Christmas?

Enjoy this message from Pastor Tyler Schoenberger called "Where Are You Christmas?" on Sunday, December 14, 2025 at Reach Church in Bear, Delaware!

Have you ever felt like God has disappeared from your life, leaving you searching frantically for His presence? This common spiritual struggle is like looking for a lost TV remote - we search everywhere, but the truth is, it was never actually lost, just hidden from view. The same applies to God's presence in our lives.In John 1:14-17, we learn about receiving grace upon grace, which literally means grace instead of grace - the Old Testament's glimpses of God's glory through law and shadows have been replaced by the fullness of grace revealed in Jesus Christ. While Moses could only see God's back because the full glory would have been too overwhelming, Jesus brought us the complete revelation of God's face and character.

The problem isn't that God has moved away when we feel distant from Him; it's that we're searching in the wrong places. We typically look for God in increased religious performance, emotional highs, perfect circumstances, or grand spiritual gestures. But God's glory was revealed in the most ordinary circumstances - a feeding trough, outcast shepherds, a forgotten town, and a teenage mother. Jesus spent His time among ordinary people doing ordinary things, and that's where His glory was displayed. Today, God's presence is found in mundane moments like caring for children, working to provide for family, visiting the sick, and small acts of service. Christmas reminds us that Jesus didn't just visit our world temporarily - He moved into our neighborhood permanently, present in our real, messy, imperfect lives every single day.