Christmas Eve is upon us. Unto us a Holy, Beautiful, Divine
Child has appeared unto us, to dwell with us; to save us from our miserable
selves. He came, fully God, the Second Person of The Godhead, clothed in our
human flesh—fully God; fully man. The
Greatest Gift ever Given.
My advent journal comes to a close, for tomorrow, Christmas,
brings Advent to a conclusion. My journal will not completely end, for I began
this Advent Journal to help me cultivate a thanksgiving
theology, one that cause me to be thankful every day; I will live this eucahristic life—no matter what I am
facing, no matter how grueling the trial, or mundane the routine. I will keep
an Advent attitude all my days; for He came once in a stable as the Savior of
all mankind, but He will come again as King. I will be grateful to Him every day.
I will worship in heart, and in attitude; I
will worship. I will worship. God gave the best of Himself when He sent His
Son; does He not deserve my best? If He does nothing else for us, this Gift was
enough to last for all eternity.
Eucharistic living
is illustrated in remembering what Christ did for us. Remembering the Lord’s
death is proclaiming all He did for me; something only Christ could do. Bulls
and goats could not redeem, only the perfect sacrifice of Jesus Christ. God
performed what was for man, impossible. This is how I worshiped tonight; to be
thankful for what He has done, and to proclaim that He will come again.
In the same way He
took the cup also after supper, saying, “This cup is the new
covenant in My blood; do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of
Me.” For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim
the Lord’s death until He comes {1
Cor. 11:25-16 NASB}.
I love that tonight is also the first night of Chanukah.
Though I am not Jewish, the story of Chanukah is beautiful. You will not find
it on the pages of Scripture, it occurred during the intertestamental period,
between the Old and New Testaments, during which times the heavens were brass
for four-hundred years. Though the event that created the Chanukah liturgy,
Jesus celebrated the Festival in the New Testament pages—the Festival of
Lights. Jesus, the Light of the World. This
link will walk you through the story, but the story is that the brave
Maccabees worked at restoring the Temple after it had been defiled by the
Syrian-Greeks. Oil was needed for the menorah; the Law required that the
menorah burn continually, it was the Israelites who were required to bring the
oil as an offering. However, they found only enough oil to last for one day. In
obedience however, they lit the Lamp with the oil they found, and miraculously,
the oil burned for eight days, the time needed to prepare a fresh supply for
the menorah; the celebrated on the eighth day to commemorate God’s miracle. He is
the God of what is impossible for man. God is a God of miracles.
I am going to celebrate each night of Chanukah by scouting
the Divine in my life; where God does the impossible—that of course which is
impossible for me. I am praying for God to show Himself to me in a new, miraculous
way each and every day. Will you join me?
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