Thursday, December 5, 2002
Thursday, December 5, 2002
Therefore prepare your minds for action; discipline yourselves; set all your hope
on the grace that Jesus Christ will bring you when he is revealed.
A remarkable lady was being interviewed on television
sometime back--a lady who all by herself managed to feed, clothe,
and educate eight children in a tar-paper shack in Louisiana.
What kept her going in spite of the odds? "I seen," she said, "I
seen a new world coming." What a powerful message of hope that
is. Jesus Christ is what the world is looking for.
(1 Peter 1.13
NRSV)
Advent is that season when we look both backward and
forward. We look back to Christ's coming into the world in the
manger of Bethlehem, but we also look forward to that final
victory of light over darkness, love over hatred, peace over war,
when Christ shall reign over all. They are part of the same
package. If you believe that God has intervened in human history
to reveal Himself and His plan for creation, then you also
believe that the world as we know it is not God's last word.
History has direction and purpose. There is a Kingdom that is
alive and well and shall one day extend its sovereignty over
everything that lives and moves and has its being. It is the
kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ. The anticipation of that
kingdom gives us hope in the midst of our deepest despair.
Dear God, thank you for the great hope we all have in Jesus Christ. Amen.
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