Advent meditations.. “He will turn many of the children of Israel to the Lord their God, and he will go before him in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, to make ready for the Lord a people prepared.” —Luke1:16–17 What John the Baptist did for Israel, Advent can do for us. Don’t let Christmas find you unprepared. I mean spiritu- ally unprepared. Its joy and impact will be so much greater if you are ready! That you might be prepared... It will not have its intended effect until we feel desperately the need for a Saviour. Awaken in you a bittersweet sense of need for the Saviour. So, engage in sober self-examination. (Psalm 139:23–24) Let every heart prepare him room... by cleaning house. Then, build God-centered anticipation and expec- tancy and excitement into your home—especially for the children. If you are excited about Christ, they will be too. If you can only make Christmas exciting with material things, how will the children get a thirst for God? Bend the efforts of your imagination to make the wonder of the King’s arrival visible for the children. Is not my word like fire, says the Lord!” (Jeremiah 23:29) Gather ‘round that fire this Advent season. It is warm. It is sparkling with colors of grace. It is healing for a thousand hurts. It is light for dark nights. Proverbs 21:1 says, “The king’s heart is a stream of water in the hand of the Lord; he turns it wherever he will.” He is a big God for little people, and we have great cause to rejoice that, unbeknownst to them, all the kings and presidents and premiers and chancellors of the world follow the sovereign decrees of our Father in heaven, that we, the children, might be conformed to the image of his Son, Jesus Christ.
Posted on: Tue, 03 Dec 2013 23:27:30 +0000
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