The Third Week of Advent: Thursday

Old Testament Lesson

Zech. 4:1-14

It is by God's power that His way is done. Not by our might, nor by our power, but by God's might, by God's power, by God's strenght. Apart from that, we can do nothing, be it in ministry, be it in life.

Revelation 4:9-5:5

The Lion of the Tribe of Judah has conqured. Very timly, based off Narnia, of course. But, looking at Jesus life, he did not fit the image of conquering that we would think. No parent would want to see their child abandoned and abused as Jesus was. Yet, in the cross and in the empty grave we see that victory and success are not what we make them out to be, but rather what God does.

Matthew 25: 1-13

In this season of Advent, we must be ready. We do not just prepare for the birth in Bethlahem, but we prepare for the coming of our Lord. How will he find us? Will we be ready, or will the noise of our lives keep us from hearing his arrival.