A Word You Can Trust

"See, I will send my messenger, who will prepare the way before me. Then suddenly the Lord you are seeking will come to his temple; the messenger of the covenant, whom you desire, will come,"

says the LORD Almighty.
[Mal 3:1]

Hope-filled words of God were delivered in ages past by prophets. They spoke warning of consequences and admonished God's people as needed. But they also delivered God's blessed promises. Promises of great comfort. Promises that God would send a messenger to prepare the way for the coming salvation. First, a messenger (in John the Baptist), then He -- Himself -- would come. "Says the Lord Almighty." A word you can trust.

And He came. The Messager of the Covenant is the means by which God would purify a people unto Himself. A means to restore us back to Him in preparation of a coming judgment. Jesus ushered in the New Covenant under which we now live - and wait. Waiting in this, the second advent, for the fulfillment of the message of promise Jesus delivered. Promise of His return.

The Lord you are seeking has come -- and will return, to His people, His temple.

And so, this first week of Advent, we light the Candle of Promise and read Scripture of prophecy. We see the unfolding of God's grand plan from Creation that gives us eyes of faith to "see" what is yet to come.

Jesus, You are our Entry into the New Covenant, accept our offerings of praise. This advent season prepare a way in our hearts and our homes for the coming Christmas that will bring spiritual renewal. Amen.