Christ Our Shepherd Advent Calendar 2020
December 3, 2020
Barbara Anderson
Advent is a time for hopeful waiting. God has set times for doing certain things. He has a calendar and your name is on it:
‘For the time to favour her [or him]… the set time, has come.’ (Psalm 102:13 NKJV)
As we plan, prepare, expect, we become spiritually attuned and ready to receive. If not, we can miss our ‘set time’ and forfeit what God has for us. We must learn to live in expectation, because God’s blessings are either coming towards us or passing us by. Life will try to keep us so preoccupied, cynical, and hopeless that when God sends the answer that we have prayed for, THE JOY OF THE BABY JESUS’ BIRTH, we won’t recognize it, reach for it, or receive it.
Jesus said, ‘Whatever you ask the Father in My name He will give you. Until now you have asked nothing in My name. Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be full.’ (John 16:23–24 NKJV) It is the season of Advent, so, be ready to receive.
