Things to think about – Rejoice!

 

I have given you authority to trample on snakes and scorpions and to overcome all the power of the enemy; nothing will harm you. However, do not rejoice that the spirits submit to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven."

At that time Jesus, full of joy through the Holy Spirit, said, "I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children. Yes, Father, for this was your good pleasure.

Luke 10:19-21

 

A quote from Thomas a Kempis

 

He reports the Lord as having said to him:

"A wise lover regards not so much the gift of him who loves, as the love of him who gives. He esteems affection rather than valuables, and sets all gifts below the Beloved."

 

Mike's thought:

 

The Incarnation is simply a lonely god busting his way across the great divide of our sin to get to us and to bring the kingdom to us.

 

Christ's death is designed to bust open the curtain so that he might continue to flow at us.

 

When he confirms that fact by saying that he will always be with us till the end of time he is announcing a two-way relationship. Although we benefit from having him near, if we choose to do so, he is also maintaining his desire to be with us and flow at us. if we allow this then his loneliness over us is over with us.

 

Blessings for Advent

 

Mike