3rd Sunday in Advent

Sent to Bring Good News

I need some one to sing the Mission Impossible Theme while I read these words:

“The spirit of the Lord is upon me, because the Lord has annointed mel he has sent me to bring good news to the opressed, to bind up the broken up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and release the prisoners, to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor...”

We Christians like Isaiah are on a mission possible. A mission that IS possible because the Lord will guide us, grant us courage, and bestow on us His promised Holy Spirit.

Advent is the big pep talk before the big game. It is the Friday afternoon assembly pep rally that gets the players the courage and energy to run out and pummle the other team. But we are not out pummling the other team - rather during Advent we hear these lessons from Isaiah, the New Testament writers, and the Gospels speaking of the coming of Christ - the promised Messiah - the hope of the world. We take to heart the words of guidance, the challenge to be ready, to confession and repent, and beleive that we have the ulitimate win in our hands through a Savior born in Bethlehem.