Hope
Anticipation, it can be agonizing or glorious. Think about waiting for test results by the doctor, agonizing. Or those final moments when you will finally be face to face with someone you love that you have not seen in years, glorious! This is Sunday will mark the beginning of the season of advent for us here at LifePoint. We wait in eager anticipation of celebrating the birth of hope, joy, love and peace.
We know this man now as Jesus, king of kings, Mighty Counselor, Prince of Peace, and many more. However, to the people and the time He was born into, he was simply, Jesus of Nazareth. A child born to obscure parents in a more obscure city. He would surround himself with men of little worldly importance or influence and would spend his time with, “the least of these.”
I want to take a moment and encourage you this Christmas season, to not let anxious thoughts of what you need or desire to fill your mind. Rather, seek Jesus in glorious anticipation. Ask that he would meet you this season as you seek to remember his life and just what it means for you and those you love. The world will always be ready to give you an answer of your worth, but God has already shown you your worth by sending His son to be born, live, die and live again for you!
Prepare your hearts church, that we might receive the greatest gift we could ever be given.
Amen,
Nathan Bentley