For the first three weeks of Advent we have been asking ourselves - are we ready to meet the Lord when He comes? If our lives ended today - would we end up in heaven ? If we died today - where would we spend eternity? For three weeks we have inventoried our lives - looking to our final destination. Now in the Fourth week of Advent - our focus switches to Jesus - His birth - what it means to us that God came down from the heavens to live with the very people He created - why He came as an infant - not an adult - why He chose to go through the birthing process - the growing process from child to adult - enduring - embracing the hardships - experiencing life - just as any ordinary human does. To some these questions - very confusing. To others - no issue - for a God who exists outside of time - 30 years a drop in the bucket - for we are told (2 Peter 3:8) "with the Lord one day is like a thousand years and a thousand years like one day", Simply stated - for God who is eternal - outside of time - it was nothing - a blip in the calendars of the world. Experiencing life just as His people - what better way to really get to know them - understand them - understand what our needs were - the temptations we would face - the accomplishments we would experience.
For with God - nothing is impossible (Luke 1:37) - what He desires for us - what He needs to do to help us - never impossible - knowing that He - Jesus is always at our side - that He fully knows our needs - we go forward as we end Advent - we go to the crib of our Lord - knowing that He is always with us. In the crib - at our side - holding our hands - together we celebrate Christmas.
Deacon Dale
