5 Dec 2009
Advent Devotional
Psalm 89: 1-4, 19-26
The words which this psalmist uses to describe David and the way God pointed him out could almost be prophetic of the Messiah. “I will treat him as my firstborn son, and make him the mightiest king over all the earth”. This was the beginning of the nation of Israel; David was only the second king. But God had chosen him to lead God’s people. God had made a covenant with him.
Jesus is the living sign of our own covenant with God. We are asked to love our enemies, to do good to those who hate us, to love our neighbors as ourselves. As God asked the Hebrews in the Ten Commandments, we are to place nothing above God, neither worldly goods, nor family, nor anything else which will separate us from giving our attention to God and God’s plan for our lives.
In exchange we are only asked to accept the salvation Jesus came to give us. We are reminded of this great gift every year during Advent and Christmas. Our goal should be to remember it every day in our thoughts and actions.
PRAYER: Oh, God, who can be compared to you? The heavens are yours, and the earth, for you created them all. Your love and kindness are forever! Your truth is as enduring as the heavens! Blessed be the Lord forever. Amen and amen.
Ginny Slack