When I think of an invasion, I think about D-Day. Thousands of troops, ships, vehicles,
paratroopers, machine guns and tanks. I don’t usually think about babies. Obviously, some
invasions are less invasive. Some invasions start small and grow. Think of the non-native plants
that started small but spread out across this country. The baby of Christmas started an invasion
like that. Few people noticed the woman having a baby in the stable. No one made room for
her in the local hotel. There were no announcements, no fireworks and no celebrations.
However, the Incarnate Lord came to accomplish something truly spectacular. He came to
redeem mankind and see them restored to God’s image. His coming was subversive. It was
“under the radar.” It wasn’t flashy then and it is not flashy now. It didn’t require celebrity
endorsements or a flyover by the Blue Angels then and doesn’t require glitter and glitz now. In
Mere Christianity, C.S. Lewis reminds that we are living in “enemy-occupied territory” and that
Christianity is the story of how the rightful king has landed, you might say, landed in disguise,
and is calling us all to take part in a great campaign of sabotage.” He taught us to pray,
“Hallowed be Thy Name, Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done.” Think of the implications of
that on our country, our culture, our families and our church. The results of the invasion are
on-going, are you in? “Merry Christmas” (—wink, wink)