Prepare Well

Wednesday, December 4, 2024

Good morning, Lord

Father in Heaven, I seek You first-Your peace-Your knowledge and discernment. Build my trust. I take up my cross and follow...In Jesus' name...

Verse of the Day: John 8:12

12 Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”

Memory verse: Psalm 139:23–24 (ESV)

23  Search me, O God, and know my heart! Try me and know my thoughts! 24  And see if there be any grievous way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting!

Today's reading: Daniel 1-2 1 John 4

Prepare Well

Isaiah 40:3 A voice of one calling: “In the wilderness prepare the way for the LORD ; make straight in the desert a highway for our God.

We should all hear it. That voice that John the Baptizer heard when he preached, Matthew 3:2 ►

 “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand."

The kingdom is at hand-not just our 'Christmas' season. The wilderness, desert, is where we live and we all know it. As good as human ingenuity can make our world appear, it continues to grow sin as the wild grows weeds and thistles unattended.

God will one day make all sin and deprivation vanish. But for now, we should always hear the voice crying to make straight the way for our Lord-to tell the real story-to tell the truth.

It is a call for us all to understand that God does not need us to prepare a way for Him. He goes where He will. It is a call for us to prepare our hearts for the work God had planned for us to do in the wilderness in which we live.

Remind the world of the true gift that the birth of Christ brought and continues to deliver. Yes, go ahead and hang lights and deck the halls but walk as Jesus walked in true unselfishness and love that keeps no record of wrongs.

Love the way through the desert wilderness and deliver the living Word of God...

...because He loves us...

Father in Heaven,

I confess, my heart is so cluttered with all the desert sand-the stuff-I will prepare the way as I follow You.

Merciful Father,

In the name of Jesus,

Amen