Wonder Of Advent #7 - The Wonder of Advent Devotional

Read: Isaiah 61:1-3

He has sent me to tell those who mourn that the time of the LORD’s favor has come.

Isaiah 61:2

ISAIAH’S MESSIANIC PROPHECY—one among many—promises a crown of beauty in the place of ashes, a blessing in the place of mourning, and dancing and praise in the place of despair. As people who have experienced the wounds and brokenness of living in a fallen world, that’s really good news for us to hear. We long for beauty, blessing, and dancing. We need this coming Messiah. And we need him to be very real in our lives.

REFLECTION

In what places of ashes and mourning would you like God to provide restoration? What holes in your heart do you want him to fill?

Advent prayer

Lord, may Jesus be more real to me this season than he ever has been. Open my eyes wider than ever to the beauty of his coming. Give me ears to hear the whispers of your voice. May your restoration continue and your Kingdom come—in my life, in my family, in my workplace, in my church, in my community, in my world—just as it is in heaven. May I live with excited anticipation throughout this season and beyond. Grant that I would enter into the story and the blessing of the Christ child more fully each day. Amen.