Matthew 7:21, 24-27 NIV
Do The Will of My Father
“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.“Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock. But everyone who hears these words of mine and does not put them into practice is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell with a great crash.”
Advent is a time of reflection, peaceful prayer and preparation, sometimes made impossible because of our frenzied running around with Christmas shopping, parties, baking and card sending. Indeed, Advent can easily get lost. Jesus tells us that doing the will of our Father is what really matters, like building a house on a rock solid foundations rather than on sand. Let us take time to pray, even if only for 15 or 20 minutes a day to calm ourselves and give perspective to our Christmas preparations. We can thus benefit from Advent and give proper perspective to Christmas.
Bro. Rene
Dear God, help me to base my Christmas preparations on Jesus, my Rock by spending time with him in prayer. Amen.
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