Nov 30 - John 11:40

Jesus said to Martha,

“Did I not tell you that if you believed,

you would see the glory of God?”

John 11:40

I watched the first “Christmas Experience” video the other night. It was powerful.

C.S. Lewis’ The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe was quoted. During the rule of the White Witch, Narnia was described as if were always winter and yet never Christmas. Pastor Kyle helped us think about how many of us are caught in that state. It’s cold. We’re waiting. And God’s presence (Christmas or hope) never seems to come.

•       Martha wondered if God’s help would ever arrive, and now she was losing hope because her brother’s illness had turned into death.
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•       The Israelites wondered if God would ever show up. He’d been promised for a hundred years and they were losing hope too.
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•       How about you? Are you waiting … waiting for the biopsy results to come in … waiting for a child to come home … waiting for a new job? Are you waiting, crying, “How long?” Is it winter? Are you losing hope?

Christmas is the ultimate assurance that God rewards those who wait. The Messiah did come. God is real. “Martha, did I not tell you that if you believe, you would see the glory of God?”

In Christ’s Love,

a guy who doesn’t want

to be called “Martha”