The Eternal King Arrives

This year’s Christmas devotional from Christianity Today is well titled and aptly sub-titled as a journey through Advent with our humble and mighty Savior.”

Not much explanation is needed as we explore eighteen pieces by established Christian writers, who, effortlessly, it seems, bring a fresh gleam to this helping, healing time of year. And the light grows brighter as the days and star-filled nights slip by.

The titles wrap us in, including MontyWaldron’s An Unscheduled Appointment, What Simeon’s Long-Awaited Assurance Means For Us Today: Or pose bold questions from writers like such as Trillia Newbell, who asks: How can you actively embrace the hope of Christmas and the presence of Jesus in your daily life? Along with her neat answer, “”There is a light that changes everything!”

Or  Steve Woodrow’s challenges: “In what ways does your faith community define your identity and value? support and encourage you in your journey of beholding God’s glory?”

Answer: we should not forget that our identity, value and calling are determined by God, not by man. As Elizabeth Woodson observes: “We will be his people for eternity, our forever home is with him.”Could we ask for anything more—at any time of the year?