As we await Jesus’s second coming, it is important to rest and reflect on how he is present in our everyday lives.
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Do you see your role in the story yet? Do you see your place in the Kingdom?
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Let’s get one thing straight: The setting for Jesus’s birth was not exactly Christmas-card-approved.
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Even if you grew up in church or heard the Christmas story all your life, you still might ask, “What exactly are Magi?” They have been starting players of decorative nativity sets for generations even though they don’t exactly fit neatly into the story timeline.
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Before Jesus was born, God hand-picked everyone that would be involved in the overall Gospel story. And for his own glory, God involved a certain group of shepherds to become witnesses of Jesus.
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Waiting is hard. We live in a world that trains us to expect everything right away. We have drive-thrus, instant coffee, high-speed streaming and Amazon Prime same-day delivery. We spend so much time moving that the state of being still feels foreign and wrong.
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God may not be asking us to carry the burden of birthing his Son, but he asks things of us just the same. And just like Joseph and Mary were approached by angels in the story of Jesus’s birth, we always have options when God asks something of us.
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I still can’t get over how weird this situation must have been for Joseph. Put yourself in his shoes for a moment: You’re planning to marry someone, then find out she’s pregnant.
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Mary was handpicked by God to carry and give birth to Jesus, the Son of God. She was a woman who clearly had favor with God.
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When struggling with the day-to-day, people process their weariness differently.
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If we’re going to understand the world awaiting the birth of Jesus, we have to go all the way back to Egypt.
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While the season is full of magic for the kiddos, for adults, the season can easily become about making the magic.
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