Hope

Matthew 3:3 NRSV

“The voice of one crying out in the wilderness: ‘Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.” 

We are to prepare the way of the Lord. It is a call for repentance. That word ‘prepare’ is an aorist active imperative in Greek. It’s a command to the hearer, the reader “You prepare and keep on preparing.”  At that time they prepared for royalty by fixing the roads, so the original hearer would have understood this. This is more than just receiving Jesus. We repair the broken places in our hearts to receive him. We repair and keep on repairing. We remove the clutter of negativity, we keep it out through our constant communication. 

The path is made straight because of our vertical connection. When everything is coming at us (and it will) we call out to him and hold on. There are times that even when we can’t hold on-we know that he has us. 

This is the first Sunday of Advent- we have hope in him. He is who we look to. Enjoy this day in him. more later.