Devotional Song: … GO TO THIS LINK … Please take the time to take in a YouTube of images and lyrics from Becky Kelley singing … Where’s the Line to See Jesus … poignantly singing a question we all should ask during all the lights and trappings of the Advent Season.
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Highlight Verse[s]: Matthew 16:15 [NLT] … 15 Then He asked them, ”But who do you say I am?”
… Jesus asks THE MOST important question we all must answer.
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Highlight Passage [context]: Matthew 16:13-21 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… Jesus asks His Disciples whom they say He is.
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Reference Passage : … Isaiah 9:6 [NLT] … 6 For a child is born to us, a son is given to us. The government will rest on His shoulders. And He will be called: Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
… 700+ years before Jesus came, Isaiah declared Whom He would be.
Reference Passage : … John 8:12 [NLT] … 12 Jesus spoke to the people once more and said, “I am the light of the world. If you follow me, you won’t have to walk in darkness, because you will have the light that leads to life.”
… Jesus declares that when we have Him in our hearts, we have His light to follow.
My Devotional Journal: Today's ODB author, Tim Gustafson, relates a scene unfolding each Christmas which should force all to answer the most important question of all. The ODB author writes … Well before the calendar flips to December, Christmas cheer begins to bubble up in our northern town. A medical office drapes its trees and shrubs in close-fitting strings of lights, each a different color, illuminating a breathtaking nighttime landscape. Another business decorates its building to look like an enormous, extravagantly wrapped Christmas present. It’s difficult to turn anywhere without seeing evidence of Christmas spirit—or at least seasonal marketing [see photo].
Some people love these lavish displays. Others take a more cynical view. But the crucial question isn’t how others observe Christmas. Rather, we each need to consider what the celebration means to us.
So many lights at this time of year. So much hustle and bustle, where marketeers lead us to ask what we need to buy for Christmas. But I think the linked song by Becky Kelley asks one of the most salient questions at this time of year, don’t you? But there’s an even more important question that Jesus asked of His disciples who were following Him while He lived. And in the highlight passage we have that question, …
”Whom do you say I am?”
And what’s your answer to that question as you are surrounded by all the lights of the season, … lights which should be pointing us to what Jesus said to His followers in John 8:12, … which leads me to ask myself and any reader here, …
… Where are the lights of the season leading us?
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My THANKFULNESS: … Oh Abba Father, … thank You, Lord, … for being my Light, … leading me to You.
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My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, … King Jesus, … I pray, Lord, that all reading here realize that the Advent lights lead to You. … Amen
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