Joy - Advent Week 3 - 12-14-25

Are you tired of racing through life and wondering if you’re becoming who God created you to be?In this Third Sunday of Advent sermon, we are called to pause amid the busyness of December and recover true vision. Drawing from Isaiah 35 and Matthew 11, we reflect on how distraction and constant activity can slowly shape our lives without intention. This message contrasts the self-made visions promoted by our culture with the prophetic vision God offers—the vision of the kingdom of God at hand. Advent invites us to stop reacting, resist the tune the culture plays, and surrender ourselves anew to the will of Jesus Christ. As the desert begins to blossom and a “way of holiness” opens before us, we are reminded that real freedom, healing, and purpose are found not in busyness, but in faithful abandonment to Christ.