O ROOT OF JESSE, who stand as a sign among the people, before whom kings shall shut their mouths, to whom the nations shall make supplication: come to deliver us, and tarry not.
Reference is here made to Jesse, the father of King David and ancestor of Jesus, who was born of the House of David. This descendant of Jesse, Jesus, not crowned as a King (except in mockery with the crown of thorns), is truly the King of Kings, before whom kings and all of us bow in homage, and who has delivered us from the consequences of our sinfulness. Indeed, we beg him to hurry up and deliver us from this vale of tears and our sins. We might forget this as we flurry about preparing for Christmas; that's what the season of Advent is for: to remind us that the mission of Jesus goes beyond Bethlehem to Calvary, and three days later, the Resurrection. May we find time between the Christmas cards and the tinsel to pray over this and ask that we keep it all in perspective.
Bro. Rene
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