Jesse Tree Devotional for December 24th

December 24

Journey

Today’s reading: Luke 2:1-5
And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed. (And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.) And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city. And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judaea, unto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem; (because he was of the house and lineage of David:) To be taxed with Mary his espoused wife, being great with child.

It has been a breathtaking journey…from the very inception of life on Earth…to this, the bated-breath moments before His coming. Thousands of years, generations of people, all turned, waiting, ready for this breaking-forth, cosmic-shattering moment.

And we have come too. Dusty and weary, the baggage of our past heavy, we have also come up to Bethlehem----seeking the time of our deliverance.

We too are about to be birthed---from darkness into Light, from despair into Hope, from existence into ABUNDANT Living. The journey is almost over. Our waiting and yearning and seeking is almost a memory. We are almost there…because You are coming.

Lord, tired and worn, we smile now, we break into a run—the journey is almost over---or are we just beginning the greatest journey of all?