Read It:
Jesus said to his disciples:
“Be watchful! Be alert!
You do not know when the time will come.
It is like a man traveling abroad.
He leaves home and places his servants in charge,
each with his own work,
and orders the gatekeeper to be on the watch.
Watch, therefore;
you do not know when the Lord of the house is coming,
whether in the evening, or at midnight,
or at cockcrow, or in the morning.
May he not come suddenly and find you sleeping.
What I say to you, I say to all: ‘Watch!’”
Reflect on It:
I love Advent. I love it for a million reasons, but one of the main reasons that I love Advent so much is because we get to ready our hearts for the Lord. We basically spend four weeks waiting. See, waiting is tough for me and Advent teaches me to wait well. I think for a lot of us, we’re uncomfortable with the thought of waiting. We love everything instantaneously and I am no exception to that. Each one of us is called to wait; perhaps we’re called to wait to hear back from colleges or waiting for an answer from our parents. We’re actually made to wait. We spend our whole lives waiting for the Lord to come again in glory. I think that waiting for that first coming of Jesus, for him coming at Christmas, is a tangible way that we have to anticipate the second coming of the Lord. I have to ready my heart, ready my life so that teeny baby will capture my heart at Christmas. I pray that this Advent will be a time of waiting well for you.
Pray about It:
Lord Jesus, this advent I want to wait well. I want to physically feel a longing for you to enter my life at Advent. Help me to be someone that waits well for you this Advent. Amen.
Live It! Challenge: Today, commit to waiting well in one area of your life.
Jesus said to his disciples:
“Be watchful! Be alert!
You do not know when the time will come.
It is like a man traveling abroad.
He leaves home and places his servants in charge,
each with his own work,
and orders the gatekeeper to be on the watch.
Watch, therefore;
you do not know when the Lord of the house is coming,
whether in the evening, or at midnight,
or at cockcrow, or in the morning.
May he not come suddenly and find you sleeping.
What I say to you, I say to all: ‘Watch!’”
Reflect on It:
I love Advent. I love it for a million reasons, but one of the main reasons that I love Advent so much is because we get to ready our hearts for the Lord. We basically spend four weeks waiting. See, waiting is tough for me and Advent teaches me to wait well. I think for a lot of us, we’re uncomfortable with the thought of waiting. We love everything instantaneously and I am no exception to that. Each one of us is called to wait; perhaps we’re called to wait to hear back from colleges or waiting for an answer from our parents. We’re actually made to wait. We spend our whole lives waiting for the Lord to come again in glory. I think that waiting for that first coming of Jesus, for him coming at Christmas, is a tangible way that we have to anticipate the second coming of the Lord. I have to ready my heart, ready my life so that teeny baby will capture my heart at Christmas. I pray that this Advent will be a time of waiting well for you.
Pray about It:
Lord Jesus, this advent I want to wait well. I want to physically feel a longing for you to enter my life at Advent. Help me to be someone that waits well for you this Advent. Amen.
Live It! Challenge: Today, commit to waiting well in one area of your life.
