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Advent 1 - Friday
By Pat Lee | December 5, 2008
Friday December 5, 2008
We Pray for His Day to Come
Scripture Reading: Revelation 21: 1-6
Scripture Verse: “…see, the home of God is among mortals. He will dwell with them; they will be his peoples and God himself will be with them” Revelation 21: 3
When we listen to the news these days it is easy to wonder, “When will we ever learn?” It is easy these days to see that there is a gap between God’s hopes and dreams for life on this planet and life as it seems to be.
Some of us recall when the Berlin Wall came down. After decades, the Cold War was ended a “new age” was supposed to be upon us. But since then there have been almost countless wars, acts of terrorism, killing of innocent people to advance some “political agendas”. Even when economic times have been good, it seems to have merely fed a selfishness that lacks any sense of the importance of the common good.
Jesus taught us to pray, “Thy kingdom come.” And to cling to and work for the vision of an earthly society where God’s will is done. Our mission as his followers is to continue Jesus’ work until the day when God’s kingdom is fulfilled.
Ultimately Jesus will come again and make all things new and give us “… a new earth where righteousness is at home.” (2 Peter 3:13)
As the Advent Season begins to turn towards us getting ready to celebrate Christmas (the first coming), we retain our hopeful expectations for our Saviour’s second coming. Whatever may come to us in life, God comes too. We entrust ourselves in hope to God. And, in the words of John Wesley, we “do all the good we can, in all the ways we can, in all the places we can, as long as we can.”
Prayer: Come Lord Jesus. Shine the light of your joy into the darkness of this world. Come Lord Jesus.
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