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The Wonder of it All – December 4, 2013
Romans 13.11-14
11 Besides this, you know what time it is, how it is now the moment for you to wake from sleep. For salvation is nearer to us now than when we became believers; 12 the night is far gone, the day is near. Let us then lay aside the works of darkness and put on the armor of light; 13 let us live honorably as in the day, not in reveling and drunkenness, not in debauchery and licentiousness, not in quarreling and jealousy. 14 Instead, put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to gratify its desires
You know what time it is. Everyone in the Western world knows what time it is, and we are obsessed with it. Because we know what time it is, we know we don’t have enough of it, as if it was something we could possess anyway.
When Paul says we know what time it is, he isn’t talking about the passing of the hours – two hours until quitting time, one hour before the game, three hours of homework still to do – instead, he’s talking about something more significant. Paul knows that just as there was a time with God when creation began, so there will come a time when the “night is gone, the day is near.”
Advent marks the beginning of a new year on the church calendar, and as surely as it points us toward celebrating Jesus’ birth, it reminds us that the work of his kingdom is still incomplete. Marking the time of the cosmos calls us to look at each day differently, to use it as a gift of time to “put on the armor of light” and live honorably in ways that honor the Jesus of our faith.
Prayer: Dear God, please help me mark my days in relation to your plans for me, my world, and all the creation. Strengthen my faith that I may follow you fully. Amen.
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