Advent Hope

Christmas is upon us again. As Christ followers, this season is one filled with great hope. Not being pessimistic, but our selfish culture, our hedonistic world is fast coming apart at the seams. Gross selfishness abounds on every front. Greed, prejudice, lying, injustice, hatred-the kingdom of man is full of darkness and as Christ said, the last days will be marked by an increase of lawlessness. The last days continue as we move toward the great coming of Christ. Hope. Not in government, United Nations, supreme court, or any effort of man. Hope in the fact that Christ has come and is coming again. He came, not in selfishness, but in servanthood. He came not in greed but in graciousness. He came not in prejudice but in compassion for all. He came not in hatred but in sacrificial love. Because Christ came, there is hope for whosoever will. The kingdom of man offers no hope. The audacity of hope is not rooted in the resiliance of man, or the wisdom of man, but in the activity of the true and living God as revealed in Jesus Christ. We sing at this season of the year because there is hope. Reach up believer and take hold of the Holy One who is our HOPE. Come Thou long expected Jesus...we look forward with hope.