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2022 Should Feel New
But for most of us, it just feels like more of the same old same old stuff.
Why is that?
We’re just tired of so many things:
Tired of Coronovirus and Covid-19 infections
Tired of Vaccination News
Tired of Facemasks
Tired of Isolation.
Tired of working from home.
Tired of Zoom meetings.
Tired of Coronovirus Statistics and Delta Variants and Omicron variants and contagiousness.
Tired of thinking of 3/4 million COVID-19 deaths in the United States
Tired of thinking about the death of one or two or more of our friends or relatives that have died from COVID-19 complications.
Tired of news about political unrest and distrust.
Tired of news of even more violent crime and murders.
Tired of not being able to visit friends or loved ones in hospital.
Tired of delayed dates for funerals or memorials.
Tired of finding supply shortages for things we expect to always be on the shelves at the store.
Tired of hearing about unruly passengers on planes.
Tired of inflation because of so much pent-up buying demand and slow supply chains.
Tired of worrying about vacation safety in motels or with friends or on cruises.
Tired of being tired.
No wonder 2022 doesn’t feel new.
Our bodies are broken, our hearts are broken, our lives are broken, our homes are broken, our jobs are broken, our politics are broken, our policing is broken, our relationships are broken.
>>>But I want you to know, the Bible still promises something new for us.
Because the Bible, and only the Bible, can offer . . .
Good News for the Broken
The Promise begins in the Old Testament book of Isaiah, in the writings near the end that some scholars call “3rd Isaiah” where the vindication of Israel is promised in the person of the coming Messiah.
>>>One of the songs we sang echoed these words from Isaiah 60:1 :
To the Ancient Israelites, the light has come; to us through Jesus Christ,
Our Light from God Has Come
A World in Darkness Needs the Light of God
Light is Power, Light is Understanding, Light is Revealing, and Light is Peace.
And when God’s light illuminates this world,
All Will Want to Know the Light
Even Magi, or Wise Men from Far away who come to see the Savior from God, whom they knew as the new King of the Jews.
Arise, Shine, for Your LIght Has Come
into the darkness and tiredness of our world.
God loves us in our mess, although he doesn’t love the mess.
God loves us enough to come to us through the Son, Jesus Christ, to whom we are introduced by his eternal name “The Word”:
The Word became flesh and came to live with us; And this Word is Jesus, who brings not just saving grace but the power of creation, the knowledge of our situation, and life itself, which is our light.
Arise, Shine, for your Light Has Come!
And that light is our in Jesus Christ.
Isaiah the Prophet goes on to tell us more about why our Messiah is given to our world:
He Comes with Good News
He Comes with the Word of the Lord
He Comes with Life
to Replace our Dying
An Invitation From Jesus
Jesus Is the Promised Messiah
Isai ah’s Messiah Is With Us
Anticipation Builds
Sitting to Teach, it’s now
Time for the Lesson
Good News for the Broken
Is found in Jesus
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