Like Nathan before him, it is the name of Jesus that reminds us of all of our sin and all of God’s grace at the same time. It is the name of Jesus that will save his family, you and me, from our sins.
TLIC DAILY. DAY 350. DECEMBER 16: IN HIM.
Of this we can be certain – the Son of God will keep us. So now we must keep ourselves. We must guard our hearts. Not as self-salvation, but as those who are from God, who know God, who are in God, who possess his eternal life. As those who “to live is Christ.”
An Ancestral Advent Day 15: The Son of Solomon.
Christian, how are you spending your advent season? The king is coming. Christ will return. Are you making way for him to be your king? Or, like Solomon, are you just a wind chasing fool, trying to rule your own destiny and find your own meaning?
TLIC DAILY. DAY 349. DECEMBER 15: OUR FAITH.
“To live is Christ” means we are a part of the greatest conquest of all time – the victory of Christ Jesus over the world.
An Ancestral Advent Day 14: The Son of Bathsheba.
What about us? Where does our shame go? Where does our trauma find its resting place? Is it in the promise of another child who was born to die so that all of us Bathshebas and all of us Davids might live?
TLIC DAILY. DAY 348. DECEMBER 14: WE LOVE.
From God’s perfect love may we see love perfected in us. May we love sacrificially without fear. May we love humbly yet boldly. May we love because we are loved. May we “to live is Christ.”
To Live is Christ 