Full of Praise
Advent Day 21
Luke 2:20 The
shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things they had
heard and seen, which were just as they had been told.
THE angels told the shepherds to go and see the Christ
child. They described the scene in some detail. Then the shepherds went to the
manger and saw the scene the angels had described.
The shepherds
returned to the fields in high spirits. They saw the Savior, and they praised
God for the wonder he had done. That’s what happens when God breaks into the
darkness. He bids his people to go to the Light of the World, and they go.
There are no people on this earth who praise God more passionately than those
God rescues from great darkness.
A young man I know
has experienced a powerful transformation in his life as God rescued him from
drugs, alcohol and other addictions. He knows he had nothing to do with the
rescue. He was in the emergency room with an overdose of drugs, near death, and
God stepped in to say, “I love you.” For a time he sought God, then old habits
came back.
Again, homeless,
cold and without hope, he saw the light on in a church. He walked in, and God
held out his hand again and said, “I love you.” as the church took him in and
got him to the place he needed to be to heal and rest and begin anew.
In response to God
pointing him to the Light, his love for Jesus has grown to great proportions.
He will tell you and anyone he meets, “I love my Jesus.” And he lives his life
in joy when he’s close to his Lord, and he is sorrowful when he disobeys. His
life is full of praise to the God of love who rescued him.
We all need that
attitude. We all have sinned—we are separated from God when we live outside of
his love. But if he’s spoken to you, told you, “I love you.” You are his, and
he is yours. Yes, the God of Heaven and earth, the Everlasting Father is yours.
Pause and Consider: The Light saves.
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