Good morning,
Praise the Lord for this Holy season, the season of Advent. It is the season of our Lord's visitation in humility and mercy and grace. His visit has made the heaven and earth difference in the lives of those who have welcomed Him in to their hearts and lives.
Soren Kierkegaard, the great Danish theologian told the following story. A prince wanted to find a maiden suitable to be his queen. One day while running an errand in the local village for his father he passed through a poor section. As he glanced out the windows of the carriage, his eyes fell upon a beautiful peasant maiden. During the ensuing days, he often passed by the young lady and soon fell in love. But he had a problem. How would he seek her hand? He could order her to marry him. But even a prince wants his bride to marry him freely and voluntarily and not through coercion. He could put on his most splendid uniform and drive up to her front door in a carriage drawn by six horses. But if he did this he would never be certain that the maiden loved him or was simply overwhelmed with all of the splendor. The prince came up with another solution. He would give up his kingly robe. He moved into the village, entering not with a crown but in the garb of a peasant. He lived among the people, shared their interests and concerns, and talked their language. In time the maiden grew to love him for who he was and because he had first loved her.
This is the story of Advent, our God coming down to us, to live with us, and to win us, not by his power, but through HIS great LOVE! Advent is the celebration of the coming of the Christ Child. For Isaiah, the Prophet, Advent was a time of prayer. He was hungry to see his God COME DOWN! Too long had the people waited on their God. Impatience was the emotion of the day. Isaiah would go from wanting to see God’s National Power to seeing God’s personal power!
Isaiah 64:1, 2: “Oh, that you world rend the heavens and come down, that the mountains would tremble before you! As when fire sets twigs ablaze and causes water to boil, come down to make your name known to your enemies and cause the nations to quake before you.” In other words, Isaiah called out to God and prayed, “Come down here and show this world and all our oppressors just who you are!!”
Verses 3 and 4 continue: “For when you did awesome things that we did not expect, you came down, and the mountains trembled before you. Since ancient times no one has heard, no ear has perceived, no eye has seen any God besides you, who acts on behalf of those who wait for him.” OUR GOD IS ALL POWERFUL AND CAN DO GREAT THINGS FOR HIS PEOPLE!
Come Lord Jesus,
In Him,
Brown
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