“Did you not hear long ago how I made it? Now I have brought it to
pass.” Isaiah 37:26
Men can become rather over
confident in their success. In Isaiah’s day the King of Assyria was attacking
Judah. He sent an emissary to Jerusalem and bragged about his success against
all the nations and their gods. God’s response was, “No, you didn’t. Long ago I
planned to use you as my instrument of judgment.” Does this have anything to do
with Advent? Yes.
This is a season where the
world stops for a moment and tries to demonstrate love for one another. It is a
season of joy and gift giving. But it has also become a season where we think
we can have this love, joy, and peace on our own terms. Like the Assyrian king,
we think we can have all this by human effort. But we cannot. God planned long
ago to send His Son as the greatest gift to mankind, to demonstrate His love
and grace toward sinful people. It is only through Christ that we can have these
many blessings.
Dear Father, Thank You for
all the joys of this season. Amen.
Until Monday, my friends, may the good God envelop
you with His grace; may you prove the common confession of faith, “I believe in
the holy Christian church and in the fellowship of the saints”, and may you be
enriched with joy and hope as you exercise that confession this weekend. Amen
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