GOD’S WORD – Psalm 36:9b
In Thy light we see light!
MEDITATION
The first word for our Advent devotion comes from the great King David: “In Your light we see light.” It provides the overall theme for our meditation amid these holy days. The famous monarch of the Old Testament had learned perhaps through personal experience that God does not live in darkness. Rather, the Lord’s great work is to dispel it.
Advent and Christmas will have their bright and shiny moments, as they always do. Yet it is entirely possible to go through them with a profound and haunting darkness in one’s heart and soul. The temptation is to grope in those shadows of sin, sorrow, sadness, and circumstance. Is there a way out? As long as there are Advents and Christmases, the answer is yes; for in the Lord’s light we see light!
PRAYER
Stir up your power, O Lord, and come; that by Your protection we may be rescued from the threatening perils of our sins and saved by your mighty deliverance; for you live and reign with the Father and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen.
VERSE
Hark! A thrilling voice is sounding!
“Christ is near,” it seems to say.
“Cast away the works of darkness,
All You children of the day!”
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