Advent Devotional for Wednesday, 7 December 2011
Week 2: HOPE
Comfort, give comfort to my people, says your God.
Speak to the heart of Jerusalem, and proclaim to her
that her service has ended,
that her guilt is expiated,
That she has received from the hand of the LORD
double for all her sins.
A voice proclaims:
In the wilderness prepare the way of the LORD!
Make straight in the wasteland a highway for our God!
Every valley shall be lifted up,
every mountain and hill made low;
The rugged land shall be a plain,
the rough country, a broad valley.
Then the glory of the LORD shall be revealed,
and all flesh shall see it together;
for the mouth of the LORD has spoken.
A voice says, “Proclaim!”
I answer, “What shall I proclaim?”
“All flesh is grass,
and all their loyalty like the flower of the field.
The grass withers, the flower wilts,
when the breath of the LORD blows upon it.”
“Yes, the people is grass!
The grass withers, the flower wilts,
but the word of our God stands forever.”
Go up onto a high mountain,
Zion, herald of good news!
Cry out at the top of your voice,
Jerusalem, herald of good news!
Cry out, do not fear!
Say to the cities of Judah:
Here is your God!
Here comes with power
the Lord GOD,
who rules by his strong arm;
Here is his reward with him,
his recompense before him.
Like a shepherd he feeds his flock;
in his arms he gathers the lambs,
Carrying them in his bosom,
leading the ewes with care.
Isaiah 40:1-11
God is the most powerful person of all time. He breathes life into us; without him we wouldn't be alive. We humans are like grass. We have three points to life: we are to live, to grow and to fade away; but unlike humans, God lives forever and so does his word. God's word has been the same forever and hasn't changed, unlike people. People change their personalities, appearances and beliefs all the time, but God's word will forever be the same. The word of God is unchangeable.
Written by Shayla Morris, class of 2014
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