He was expected yet unexpecting

For hundreds of years authors had been writing about him.

He is coming.

He would not be what you think, yet He will be what you need.

He is coming.

Some thought He had arrived when He really hadn’t. So they knew. Well they knew that

He is coming.

And then he came.

Did they know?

Did they walk past the messenger?

Did they scurry past the shepherds? They were probably sleeping. (It was late after all)

Did they walk past him as he sat at his dad’s carpenter bench?

Did they journey with him to Passover when He was 12?

What did they say when they finally Knew?

I have so many questions.

Would I have been like the Pharisees or the disciples?

I would like to think I know the answer, but I don’t because this side of heaven I have been both.

Right now, I am learning to be His apprentice.

May this advent season our heart posture be that of having eyes open to see, hands to receive and a heart to believe.

Because while yes we anticipate his arrival in remembrance, the fact is, Jesus has already come. God sent His Son Jesus because there was no greater sacrifice. Jesus came to be the sacrifice for me and for you. The sacrifice that opens the way for a relationship with the Father.

There is no greater gift.

So while we wait in expectation May we not want and wish Him to come like we think he should but know that He came, just as he was suppose to come.