Second Week of Advent - Sunday

So simple but yet so complicated. A voice crying out. For who, for what? Is the voice John, the baptizer? Is it Billy Graham? Is it your pastor? Your parent, your neighbor or your spouse? It's crying out. I have heard it. Have you?

Isaiah 40:1-5

¹ Comfort, comfort my people, says your God. ² Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and proclaim to her that her hard service has been completed, that her sin has been paid for, that she has received from the LORD’s hand double for all her sins. ³ A voice of one calling:“In the wilderness prepare the way for the LORD; make straight in the desert a highway for our God.⁴ Every valley shall be raised up, every mountain and hill made low; the rough ground shall become level, the rugged places a plain.⁵ And the glory of the LORD will be revealed, and all people will see it together. For the mouth of the LORD has spoken.”

⁹ You who bring good news to Zion, go up on a high mountain. You who bring good news to Jerusalem, lift up your voice with a shout, lift it up, do not be afraid; say to the towns of Judah,
“Here is your God!” ¹⁰ See, the Sovereign LORD comes with power, and he rules with a mighty arm. See, his reward is with him, and his recompense accompanies him. ¹¹ He tends his flock like a shepherd: He gathers the lambs in his arms and carries them close to his heart; he gently leads those that have young.

Hear the voice. Listen to the crying voice. Soften your heart. Prepare the way of the Lord. He came and He is coming once again.

Father, I have heard the good news. I have heard the voice. I am comforted. The One of which the news is about IS sovereign, does come with power and rules with a mighty hand. Praise be to God. He is the shepherd and cares for His own like sheep in a flock. Prepare my heart, prepare my life for His coming. Amen - DD