Daily Advent Reading
This is our Digital Advent Calendar for 2023. We would hope you could join in daily during the season of Advent. Every day’s Advent Gift box will have a new Scripture to read and reflect on. Every Thursday there will be a Children’s Ministry Activity for you and your children. Every Tuesday there will be a question for adults to enjoy and engage on our Facebook page.
Galatians 4:1-7
1 What I am saying is that as long as an heir is underage, he is no different from a slave, although he owns the whole estate.
2 The heir is subject to guardians and trustees until the time set by his father.
3 So also, when we were underage, we were in slavery under the elemental spiritual forces of the world.
4 But when the set time had fully come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the law,
5 to redeem those under the law, that we might receive adoption to sonship.
6 Because you are his sons, God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, the Spirit who calls out, “Abba, Father.”
7 So you are no longer a slave, but God’s child; and since you are his child, God has made you also an heir.
Devotional
When I look at a Nativity scene on someone’s table, I can’t help but think about the truly miraculous events it represents. Not just the tiring trip that Joseph and Mary had to take, but the trail that this story God carves through history.
All the way back to Genesis 3 temporary solutions of sacrifices of blood to atone for sin. But in the fullness of time God reveals His eternal plan. Throughout the history of the world there have been countries that have experienced turmoil and unrest. Leaders rise and fall. Meanwhile God was carving a path to a simple stable, and the perfect cradle for the Messiah.