For Advent Peace
Savior Jesus,
Advent fills us with hope, peace, and joy. I thank you, Lord, for a peace that surpasses all understanding. In addition to prophesying Bethlehem as your birthplace, Micah also prophesied that you would be our peace. The peace you came to bring, announced by the angels and spread by shepherds, is for all people. It is not a promise that our world will be free of war or that conflict will disappear from our lives. It is, however, the assurance that our sin does not estrange us from you. The ultimate blessing of your birth is that it set in motion your holy life and innocent death that would cancel out our sin and reconcile us to you again. Since our sin no longer separates us from you, we have your undeserved favor resting upon us now and forever. There is no greater peace than that!
In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.