Advent: Behold

They will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads. And night will be no more. They will need no light of lamp or sun, for the Lord God will be their light, and l they will reign forever and ever. Revelation 22: 4-5

Behold, lift up your eyes, your redemption draws near! One day you will see clearly and be able to gaze into the face of your great shepherd king. There will be no need of moon or star by night or sun to shine by day – for God will be our light. We will be with him forever and ever... and every pain, tear or danger faced in this life will seem like a breath – so fleeting.

Christmas means that the promise has drawn nearer. God’s gift of salvation is knocking at the door. His waterfall of grace is about to break over your life.

C.S. Lewis described the wonder of the new earth in the book, ‘The last Battle’:

“And as He spoke, He no longer looked to them like a lion; but the things that began to happen after that were so great and beautiful that I cannot write them. And for us this the end of all the stories, and we can most truly say that they all lived happily ever after. But for them it was only the beginning of the real story. All their life in this world and all their adventures in Narnia had only been the cover and the title page: now at last they were beginning Chapter One of the Great Story which no one on earth has read: which goes on for ever: in which every chapter is better than the one before.”

Have a wonderful Christmas. Enjoy precious time with family, and rejoice in the truth that God has done it all.