Luke 2:10-11 - Joy in Christ

As beautiful as Advent season can be, it often finds us busy and distracted with the commercial season of holiday shopping and party planning. To be sure, the gifts and the parties are not the problem. The problem is that our hearts are drawn to the allure of more things and distracted by the busyness of the season. The solution to our busyness and preoccupation during Advent is to carve out time solely dedicated to treasuring Jesus above all things—to consider the promise of His coming, the wonder of His birth, and the significance of the incarnation alongside the hope and anticipation of His second coming. To help us do that we are going to consider the four themes associated with the Advent wreath–hope, faith, joy, and peace. For the next four Sundays and on Christmas Eve, we will look at these themes in light of Jesus’ first coming and His second coming.