“In those days and at that time I will make a righteous Branch sprout from David’s line; He will do what is just and right in the land.” Jeremiah 33:15 NIV
What are we hoping to receive from Him? Are we longing for the kind of king who is born in a barn, eats and drinks with prostitutes and criminals, washes His disciples’ feet, rides on a borrowed donkey, carries His own cross to a hill outside Jerusalem to bleed and die for us? Does He meet our expectations? Because this is not the kind of king the world expects and demands. Unfortunately, the world’s false expectations leak into our lives too. We often expect Jesus to fix our short-term problems. We expect Jesus to be a therapist who will heal the rifts in our families in time for Christmas. Mr Delivery, from the Online Story who brings us the material things we want when we want them. If that’s what we’re expecting, prepare to be disappointed this Christmas. In fact, we need to repent right now for having false expectations. That king isn’t coming because that isn’t the King God promised. On the other hand, if we expect to receive what God promised, a King from David’s line, who will do what is just and right, who will suffer God’s wrath in our place, who still brings amazing gifts to us in humble ways – through Word and water, bread and wine. Then we are prepared to receive more than we ever expected. Because a Saviour from sin is God’s Christmas gift to us. He is the King God sends us.
PRAYER THOUGHT
Lord, thank You for the gift of saving us from our sin.
PRAYER FOR TODAY
Holy Spirit help us to be prepared to receive more than we ever expected. Because a Saviour from sin is God’s Christmas gift to us. He is the King God sends us. AMEN
INTERNATIONAL BIBLE READING ASSOCIATION (IBRA)
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