Advent 2009:: The Coming HOPE Tuesday

Tuesday Hope::

Read Luke 2:1-21. It is the traditional Christmas story. It may be very familiar to you. If it is, read it several times today. Pay special attention to verse 11. The titles for Jesus are profound. Do not miss them.

In this verse, Jesus is called “Savior” and “Christ the Lord.” Today we will look at the word “Savior.” This word means “the one who rescues from danger.” There are difficulties in this world. We live in a world of broken relationships and physical and spiritual pain. We live in a world where evil is present and prominent. But it is not God’s ultimate plan.

God created us to live in deeply intimate relationships with Himself, with each other and with nature. But there was a fracture that broke the rhythm of those relationships. That fracture is sin. That fracture leaves us in this world of brokenness. But it does not leave us without hope, because Jesus has come as the savior of this world. This season, we celebrate THE COMING of that hope.