Monday, December 25, 2017

December 25

Zechariah 8:1-23; Revelation 16:1-21; Psalm 144:1-15; Proverbs 30:29-31

Merry Christmas!  Isn't God good to us?  Truly, what joy to all the world...

Just a few quick thoughts today.

First, Jesus came as an expression of "God with us," which we see in Zechariah 8:23.  "God with us" is what the world wants, what the world needs.  The incarnation of Christ offered this presence to all the world.  In Jesus' birth, the psalmist's plea is answered: "Part your heavens, O Lord, and come down....Reach down your hand from on high; deliver me and rescue me" (Ps. 144:5, 7).  He met us; he rescued us.

Second, because Jesus came, "Once again men and women of ripe old age will sit in the streets....[which] will be filled with boys and girls playing there" (Zech. 8:4-5).  What a beautiful image of the future: safety, security, peace, joy - for all people!

Third, sorry about the plagues in Revelation today.  Not very Christmas-y, I know.  But did you notice the strong parallels to the plagues in Egypt?

And lastly: "Blessed are the people whose God is the Lord" (Ps. 144:15).  This is us; we are this people.  Blessed are we, for our God is the Lord.

Amen, and Merry Christmas.


- Sarah Marsh

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