SECURE IN CHRIST

 

Twas the week before Christmas, and all through the house,

The children were searching as quiet as a mouse.

They were looking through closets and under the beds,

While visions of presents danced through their heads.

The stockings were hung by the chimney with care,

Just one little peek - is a gift hiding there?

Alas all the presents were under the tree,

In bright colored packages wrapped tight as can be.

They shook them, smelled them and tried to peer through,

But without X-ray vision they hadn't a clue.

Although the searching was over on Christmas eve night,

They had faith that on Christmas they'd see hidden delights.A

 

Each Christmas my siblings and I would hunt for treasures hoping that our parents had slipped up in some way.  All we wanted was a peek at what was to come.  This is what it is like for us during Advent.  We are waiting and preparing for what is to come.  The prophets in the Old Testament gave the people of that time a glimpse , or peek at what was to come.  A Savior, Christ the Lord.  Although people knew about the promise of a Savior, they didn't know what to expect until it happened.  And then some missed it.  Who would have expected God's Son to be born in a stable on that first Christmas?

Today God gives us a peek at what is to come through His Word.  Isaiah 35:2 says, "They will see the glory of the Lord, the splendor of our God.  Rev 1:7 says, "Look he is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him..." and again in 22:7, "Behold, I am coming soon!"  God gives us another glimpse when He tells us that Heaven will be unending and that God will be there with His angels.  There will be no more evil or pain, no suffering or sorrow, no failures or weaknesses,  It will be paradise.  We can't, by our own reasoning understand it, or see it with x-ray vision.  But we have faith that Jesus will come for us on the second Christmas.