Be still and experience “My Hope.”
That is what You want us to do Almighty Lord.
We get caught up in the worldly ways of doing things, buying, decorating, busying ourselves with making the holiday season what the world thinks it should be. Let us be still and truly experience that You are the gift that we should seek to take in and discover.
Lord, open our hearts and our minds to know more fully the hope that You are and that You bring to our lives and our world. Our perspective is so minuscule and shortsighted. It’s temporary. Enlarge it, please.
You made the heavens and the earth. You made the trees and the mountains. You made the fish and the lions. You made it all. You were perfectly comfortable in heaven. But yet, You came to be physically present with what You created—to dwell with us and to experience life as we do. The Great I Am, who is and will always be, humbled Himself to be a man. How miraculous is that?!!
And You did this to save us. To give us hope as we walk through this life on earth. To know that this isn’t heaven or the end, that more awaits us. That no matter what is going on in our lives, You are with us in it, that You laugh and cry, You celebrate and mourn. You will never leave us or forget us.
Holy Spirit, move within us, wake up our souls, lead our minds to know and experience the hope that You are. Let us not be content with a worldly experience of Christmas. Give us a desire, and show us the way, to experience the true hope and joy of Christmas.
In the Beautiful Name of Jesus we pray.
Amen.
