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Intro
AS we prepare for the Coming of Christ.
You say, I thought we were preparing for Christmas, well yes we are, but we are also preparing for the 2nd Christmas.
The Second Coming of our Lord and Savoir.
So I ask you this first Sunday of Advent.
Are you ready to Meet Jesus?
Advent means Arrival.
So when we say we are preparing for Advent.
We are not preparing for a party.
Or gifts,or a dinner.
Oh no my friends.
If your religious life this season does not drive you to your knees you are missing something vital.
The enemy has potentially gotten you to believe that these things are mere decoration.
this nativity is just because its pretty.
that these candles are simply because I like fire.
No my friends these things are all symbols to help remind us that Christ has come.
and that yes.
He is Coming.
I was listening to a minister ask the question if you knew you were going to die on December 25th.
How would you spend December?
Think about it?
If you were to Die at the end of the month?
How would you spend the month?
Do you think you would spend it chasing the latest sale?
The latest trend?
the latest movie or song?
What are you living for today?
Don’t feed the church answer, Jesus.
Think about?
if its Jesus then praise the Lord! but is it Jesus?
Or is it something else? someone else?
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Simeons Hope was in God and in Gods Redemption
He was a devout and Righteous Jew.
Longing for the redemption of Israel.
Longing for the freedom from their captors.
Longing to know the Messiah.
He hungered after God and longed for redemption.
What do we know: He evidently faced death at some point, for in that moment the Lord revealed, that He would not die before seeing Messiah.
What does that tell you?
In his moment of death, he did not fear loss of possessions or even family.
He mourned the fact that he never saw messiah.
He never saw Israels Redemption.
That was his heart.
I want Jehovah.
I want my God to do what I know He can do.
So the Holy Spirit whispers to Simeon, :”this is not your day.
You haven’t seen Messiah yet.”
Simeon longed to know Jehovah, He longed to see Jehovah triumph over the enemy.
God I want to see you be you!
I want to see you power fall.
Some of you long to see Jesus and His power fall.
To see His church restored.
to See Him Glorified.
Hope in Christ and look for Him this Christmas season.
Press deeper into the presence of God.
Looking with anticipation, Is today the day, God will fall?
Is today the day that I will see Him move like never before?
Is today the day?
Simeon lived with an active hope.
When times get hard, as they certainly will.
when Hope seems to fade, persevere with the Holy Spirit.
Like Simeon
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Simeon Persevered with the Holy Spirit.
Simeon walked with Him.
He talked with Him.
He waited with God.
So often we feel waiting is a stupid task.
So many Christians have walked away, not because they stopped believing in Jesus but because He asked them to wait.
Now simeon’ waiting was not in vain, while he is waiting with the Lord for the Lord.
The Holy Spirit is Moving on Caesar to have a census, impregnating Mary, speaking with Joseph, and the Magi.
God was working all these things out to bring about the fulfillment of Simeon’ Hope.
In your life and Mine God is working behind the scenes to bring His redemption for His purpose.
Our times waiting are not intended to be waiting as we normally think of it.
No. Look at seasons of waiting as seasons of preperation.
God was preparing the stage for Jesus.
Simeon simply had to waiting and hope with the Lord
Simeon Learned to walk with the Holy Spirit in the good and the Bad.
He learned to persevere with the Lord.
In that Perseverance he was brought into maturity.
My friends if you and I want our hope to be realized like simeons we must learn to be faithful with the Lord and persevere in the gaps.
When we feel nothing and see nothing happening, we simply need to sit back and say.
Glory to God you are in Control.
I trust you.
Is today the day you will bring my hope to realization?
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Simeon Saw His Hope Realized because He Trusted in God
One Day Simeon is the temple looking for the Messiah, and the Holy Spirit, leads him to the temple courts.
Person after person walks in.
Simeon is says that messiah, He is big, that Gouy is strong.
He must be Messiah.
Then the Holy Spirit says, no simeon, here comes messiah, in the arms of that young woman.
Right there is your Hope.
In that Child lies the hope of Humanity.
There lies Messiah.
So there in the middle of the middle business.
while worship and business and million things are going.
off to the side.
One man is seeing the hope of His life fulfilled.
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