| …strive to be found by him at peace, without spot or blemish… Hmmm. Sounds like a Christmas carol, “No more let sins and sorrows grow, nor thorns infest the ground.” You mean while I’m waiting, I’m supposed to be doing some sort of spiritual housecleaning? Well, sort of. We can’t ‘clean up’ well enough to ever be presentable to God on the last day of time. But, if we know Jesus, really know him as our Savior and Lord, then we also know him AS our peace, our purity. We know that HE makes us clean, without spot or blemish, without sin! No need to fix my make-up to prepare for Christ’s return, for it is Jesus who has readied me, IS readying me daily as I strive to remain in His will and love him more day by day.
…and regard the patience of our Lord as salvation
Maybe, just maybe, we have been waiting such a long, long time because the Lord loves us so much. He wants each and every one of us to know him personally so that we can be with Him in the last, when the kingdom if fulfilled.
Preparing to celebrate Christ's birth reminds us to examine our lives and prepare a place in our hearts "where such a mighty guest may come." There is still time for our salvation! And if so, then we also have been blessed with time to share the Good News of the birth of Our Savior, born so long ago so that we (even now in our rushed, harried, impatient and multi-tasking world) may know Him as “He comes to make His blessings flow,” for all men and women, “far as the curse is found.” And that is worth waiting for!
Blessings, Matthew+ | |
