“My people have wandered away from me, like sheep in an open field. You have been running away from me. And now you’re lost. You can’t find your way back. But I can’t stop loving you. I will come to find you. So I am to you a Shepherd to look after you and love you. To carry you home to me.
You’ve been stumbling around in darkness. But into your darkness a bright light will shine. It will chase away all the shadows like sunshine. A little baby will be born. A royal son. His mommy will be a young girl who doesn’t have a husband, because God himself is His Father. This baby will be Emmanuel, which means “God has come to live with us.” Yes! Someone is coming to rescue you!
He will be a King, but he won’t live in a palace. And he won’t have lots of money. He will be poor. And he will be a servant. But this King will heal the whole world. He will be a Hero! He will fight for his people and rescue them from their enemies. But he won’t have big armies, and he won’t fight with swords. He will make the blind see, he will make the lame leap. He will make everything the way it was always meant to be when he first created everything.
But people will hate him, and they won’t listen to him. He will be like a lamb – he will suffer and die. But this is my secret rescue plan I had made from the beginning of the world. It’s the only way to get you back. My son won’t stay dead – I will make him alive again. And one day when he comes back to rule forever, the mountains and trees will dance and sing for joy! The earth will shout for joy. His fame will fill the whole earth – just like the waters cover the sea. Everything broken will be healed. Yes, the rescuer will come. Look for him. Watch for him. Wait for Him. He will come!
And at just the right time, true to His word, God sent His Son, the Rescuer. This is the One we celebrate this Christmas season.
Galatians 4:4 - 5 "And at just the right time, God sent His Son, born of a woman, subject to the law. God sent him to buy freedom for us who were far off, so that he could adopt us as his very own children."
Merry Christmas 2011!!!
