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Monday, December 5, 2011

Advent

 “In the desert prepare the way for the Lord; make straight in the wilderness
a highway for our God.  Every valley shall be raised up, every mountain and hill made low; the rough ground shall become level,
the rugged places a plain.  
Isaiah 40:3-4 (NIV)


Yesterday in church I was talking with the children about all the stuff we do to get ready for Christmas.   There is the decorations we put up, the extra cleaning because we have moved items in the house that do not typically get moved around.  Then we have the Christmas cards or letters that need written with addresses and sent in the mail.  The presents that need to be purchased.  Then we add on top of all these items extra services at the church, cooking for special events and the Christmas parties.  There are a lot of stuff to get ready for Christmas.  So, it is kinda fitting that we call the four weeks leading up to to Christmas as Advent, a time of preparation.  We do fill it with all sorts of preparation.
The preparation we think of I do not think is the preparation thought of when the season started years ago by the church.  There was an Advent prior to Thanksgiving and there was Advent prior to "Christmas Sales."  So, I think there is a little different idea of preparation being called for.  This time of year was a time to remember how Jesus came the first time as an infant child and that He has promised to come back.  Advent should reflect something more like the time of John the Baptist in the wilderness than it does of the mad house of shoppers at the local store. 
John was calling the people of his time back to following God and to look towards God as the promised messiah, savior, was to come soon.  John did not realize at the start of his preaching just how soon the messiah was coming, but we know from reading the New Testament Gospels that John got to baptize the messiah.  John's message had an immediate impact.  He was the foundation of the Advent, making the way ready for Jesus.
The words John spoke to the people coming out into the wilderness have a meaning for us today.  We need to take some time and make sure we are turned towards Christ.  This is a great time of year for us to focus on this.  Not that we should only focus on coming back to Christ this time of year.  This is a focus all year round, but a great time now to make a central point of looking towards Christ. 
In all the ways you prepare for Christmas, will you make Christ a central part of those preparations?  What are some ways you can make Him central in the season and in your life? 

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