Advent Day 2
I
am blogging my way through Advent. I neglected to mention my modus operandi. I
am looking at prophecies related to the birth and life of Christ. The theme is
God is faithful.
Today we look at a series of
promises. In Genesis 12:1-3, Genesis
49:10, God tells us through whose line Christ will come. He would be that blessing spoken of in the
promise to Abraham. More specifically He would come through the line of Judah,
i.e. He would be born of the tribe of
Judah. We see the veracity of this
promise in its fulfillment in both Matthew 1 and Luke 3. Too often we are tempted to yawn our way
through the genealogical passages, but tucked away in them are important
information about God – He is faithful.
The faithfulness of God is a bulwark
in the storms of life. It’s a pillow for a weary heart. God’s promises are for
forever. God is faithful even we are
not. Abraham stumbled in spiritual walk
when he lied about Sara being his wife in an attempt to save his own skin. He
stumbled when he tried to make God’s promises come true in the birth of Ishmael
rather than waiting and believing. Yet,
his faith was sterling on Mount Moriah as he and Isaac took that memorable
journey (Genesis 22). Judah stumbled,
yet his progenitor of the kingly tribe and ultimately Christ.
I too have stumbled, yet God is
faithful. It is through the Promised One
that I have hope – I can lift the candle of hope high, because of who He is ---
the Faithful One.
Read Genesis 12:1-3; Genesis 49:10
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