Today is the first day of Advent. The four weeks of Advent, which end on Christmas day, are a time to pause amidst the hustle and bustle of the Christmas season and reflect on what this time is about. It's so easy to put up the decorations, listen to the carols, shop and wrap the presents and attend the parties and school plays, yet not really focus in on the reason we celebrate Christmas.
Jesus is the Reason. That may sound trite and a bit overused but it's the truth. God our creator, the maker of the universe, did not stay in Heaven. He did not create this world and us and then leave to watch from afar. Instead, He left His majesty, His incredible power and glory, the thousands upon thousands of angels worshipping Him, His throne on high and somehow, somehow, embodied Himself in a young woman's womb. Took on flesh and bone, blood vessels and nerve endings, ears, eyes and a mouth, and was born as a human baby.
Why...why would God do this? Because He loves us. Because He wants each person He created to know the awesome truth that they are loved. That they are not alone on this earth. That there is a plan for life, a plan for eternity. That there is a God in Heaven who knows their name and who cares about each day that they live.
He became a baby, a child, an adopted son. For those who know Him as Lord He is Wonderful, the best Counselor ever, the only Mighty Lord worthy of worship and adoration, the Everlasting Father because through the Trinity, God the Son and God the Father are one and...the Prince of Peace.
I pray that during these next four weeks you will take a moment and ask the Lord Jesus to help you see Him as He really is. May this advent season be a time when you see the face of God in the face of a baby and know that there is nothing that God would not do for you in order to bring you with Him to Heaven for eternity.
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