Wednesday, December 2, 2015

Devotion - Tuesday, December 2

At least part of our difficulty with Advent is the balancing act between eagerly looking for Messiah's arrival and realizing that we already have everything we need.

Christ has accomplished all things.  From the cross he proclaims "It is finished."  Our salvation is assured and there is nothing more God needs to do in order to claim us as children.

These assurances set us free to worry about the state of affairs in the world, rather than fretting about whether we will get to heaven.

And yet, we know there is more to come.  We realize that the fullness of God's reign has not come to all the earth and to all who dwell there.  We pray for and anticipate that fullness.

We practice keeping this balance during these weeks of Advent.  We speak to one another of the glorious presence of Christ in our world, even as we long for the time when more will experience it.

The days of Advent are a balancing act.  Use them wisely.

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