Advent is not a story of humanity inching its way toward God—it is a story about God racing headlong into the darkness to find us. You didn’t stumble into salvation by chance.
Hunger is relentless. It gnaws at the edges of life, a constant reminder of our frailty. You eat, and then you’re hungry again. You drink, and the thirst comes back. The world offers feasts that promise satisfaction—success, possessions, recognition—but they don’t last. They never do. You’re full one moment, empty the next.
heep aren’t known for their brilliance. They wander, panic, and get stuck. They don’t fend off wolves or find their way home.
It was late, dark, and quiet—the kind of quiet that made up every night before. Nothing out of the ordinary. Just a regular night. I had prayed, locked the doors, and turned off the lights. The room was sealed like a tomb (as it always was), and I lay down, ready for the sweet mercy of sleep. But what came that night was something else entirely.
“God with us.” Three words that turn the universe on its head. Not God above us, not God near us, or God watching us. But God with us.
The darkness has no choice but to flee. It trembles at His presence, scatters at His name. Christ is the light that no shadow can overcome.
Faithfulness is neither flimsy nor sentimental. It’s not something you embroider on a pillow or stick on a card. It’s forged. Relentless.
God stitches promises into the sky, etches them in the words of prophets, and wraps them in the cries of newborns. The story of Christ’s coming wasn’t a last-minute rescue plan—it was carved into the bones of time before the first star burned.
This is a continuation of our series on Biblical Hermeneutics. God, it seems to me, enjoys puzzles. Not in a malicious way, as though He’s
Sin is no light thing. It clings like a shadow you can’t outrun, pressing down harder than stone, heavier than mountains. It slithers in with whispers, wraps itself around your heart, and chains you to its lies.
I am a Christian, husband to Cinu, dad to Ethan and Yohan. I serve as the Pastor @ Redemption Hill Church, Co-Founder of The Cross Purpose ministry, & Co-host on Street Talk Theology Podcast.
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