Monday, December 21, 2014 Psalm 67, Isaiah 31:1-9,
Caroline Armstrong Revelation 21:22-22:5
In this busy time of year we scramble, and we worry. We scramble to make sure that we have enough gifts. Do we have the right gift? Do we get the perfect gift? We scramble to make it to the grocery store so that we have just the right ingredients to make the perfect Christmas feast, or the perfect Christmas breakfast. We are only human and so we know there is a chance we could burn the sausage balls or cookies, or Christmas dinner. We may drop a fragile gift. Did we pick out the wrong color scarf?
In a way, it is like Isaiah 31:1-9 where the Judeans are relying on the human hands of the Egyptians for help. Though we are not in a military battle, we do battle spending so much time relying on ourselves and each other to make this Christmas holiday so magical - when it already is...by the grace of God! When will we throw our earthly idols of perfection away? Yet, we continue to worry and we let the stress weigh us down. But how much time are we spending worrying about letting God down? Our perfect gift is coming - and we know it! Are we spreading that message? Psalm 67 reminds us of God's saving power everywhere. That our true joy comes from spreading the news about God around the world. Let us not worry so much about making an already magical and perfect day - "perfect." Let us enjoy the gift before us and spend our time spreading that message.
In the strangest of places you can find comfort in the Book of Revelations. 22:3-5
"No longer will there be a curse upon anything. For the throne of God and the Lamb will be there, and his servant will worship him. And they will see his face, and his name will be written on their foreheads. And there will be no night there - no need for lamps or sun - for the Lord God will shine upon them. And they will reign forever and ever."
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