Proverbs 30:21-23
This menorah built for the Temple by the Temple Institute, is similar to the Menorah Zechariah saw.
Zechariah 4:6 – Joshua was the religious leader, a high priest, known for his robes, but they were dirty. Zerubbabel was the civil leader, a military general, is told that “not by might nor by power, but by my spirit.” The man of beautiful robes can’t trust in his robes. The leader of forces can’t trust in might or forces.
Zechariah 4:10 – “The day of small things” – Especially as we see lampstands referring to churches in Revelation 1:20, This verse is a great challenge given to every new church that starts with just a handful of people, in a rented storefront, with a tentmaker/part-time pastor. Maybe to outsiders it looks like God is doing greater things at the church down the road – but God rewards those not based on “might” or “power” but for faithfulness!
YODER: A weary world rejoices at Christmas
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A Hunger for More: Finding peace at Christmas
Mollohan
The holiday season is generally a time when we expect to feel something a little warmer, a little happier, and little more hopeful than what we have in the previous months of the year. But in any given year, the experience seems to fall short of the expectations. We allow our anticipation to build, as we drudge through the doldrums and difficulties of the rest of the year, trying to keep our eyes on the prize of finally finding peace, joy, and love.
But problems are no respecter of expectations. They still come. There is still sickness, still financial troubles, still loneliness, and still brokenness. The holiday, in of itself, cannot make us whole or prepare us adequately for the new year coming our way. Suicide rates, overdoses, recklessness that ends in tragedy happen more often in the midst of the Christmas season and into the gray winter months that follow than in any other time of the year.
A Hunger for More: Finding peace at Christmas
Mollohan
The holiday season is generally a time when we expect to feel something a little warmer, a little happier, and little more hopeful than what we have in the previous months of the year. But in any given year, the experience seems to fall short of the expectations. We allow our anticipation to build, as we drudge through the doldrums and difficulties of the rest of the year, trying to keep our eyes on the prize of finally finding peace, joy, and love.
But problems are no respecter of expectations. They still come. There is still sickness, still financial troubles, still loneliness, and still brokenness. The holiday, in of itself, cannot make us whole or prepare us adequately for the new year coming our way. Suicide rates, overdoses, recklessness that ends in tragedy happen more often in the midst of the Christmas season and into the gray winter months that follow than in any other time of the year.