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Be thinking about this: What is something important to you about Christmas that isnt necessarily part of the traditional story? says the effects of righteousness are peace and trust.
Righteousness is available to us because of the gospel work that began at Christmas.
OR Christmas is the only time my family gets together, so Christmas reunites my family.
A little boy and girl were singing their favorite Christmas carol in church the Sunday before Christmas.
The boy concluded “Silent Night” with the words, “Sleep in heavenly beans.”
“No,” his sister corrected, “not beans, peas.”
Micah 5:2
O that little town.
So insignificant and small.
Just a village really.
No real commerce
No grand buildings
No great population - Not even large enough to send the customary 1000 men to battle.
There is meaning in its name: House of bread.
Fitting birthplace for the Bread of Life.
Of course, the father of the great king David, Jesse, was from Bethlehem.
As was that king.
But Bethlehem would be honored for another King...
‘From you shall come forth for me… whose coming forth is from old’
For a human, coming forth would be being born.
That fits.
Humans are not said to be ‘from ancient days’.
Reminiscent of John trying to explain how Jesus existed before Him even though He came after John.
Because He was from antiquity, everlasting, eternal, Micah said he was from ancient days.
The timing of the Messiah’s birth is hinted at: after the difficulty of captivity was full.
Their kings had led them to abandon the Lord.
The ten tribes were carried off while Benjamin and Judah had been left (mostly).
This Messiah would be the Shepherd King.
To stand and shepherd His flock with the strength of God Himself.
The comfort and peace the shepherd image gives offered hope to a people who were uncomfortable and seldom at peace.
So that the hope was not missed, Micah restates this: “He shall be their peace”.
You mean to tell me, this same Jesus who we celebrate at Christmas, IS PEACE?!?!
Remember Gabriel coming to Mary.
Mary visiting Elizabeth.
All the parts of the story that come alive this time of year every year.
Another part...
The prophecy that the Messiah would BE their peace was even fulfilled in preparing for His birth!
Joseph should have been concerned.
But the angel brings peace, and a message of peace, convincing Joseph this is the Lord’s doing.
Mary was found to be with child ‘by the Holy Spirit’.
According to their law, she should have been stoned.
Remember the woman caught in adultery from a couple weeks ago?
But an angel of the Lord brought the message of the Lord so Joseph would move forward bravely.
With the peace in his heart that comes from knowing he was following God’s lead.
I imagine the peace Joseph had to be well illustrated by this painting.
Peace in the Midst of the Storm - Jack Dawson painting
As you are still in the middle of the bustle of Christmas celebrations, here’s what I sense God asking us to do:
Let Jesus be your peace.
Not just remember that Jesus brings peace, but LET HIM.
Into your life.
Your circumstances.
Your heart.
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