Advent Devotional, December 5

Is Jesus a make doer? Did he just “macgyver” his way from Bethlehem all the way back to his Father’s courts? 
For a mom he had a woman who was not biologically a candidate for the role, being a virgin.
For a crib he had a manger. 
For an administration he had 12 fickle friends.
For a throne he had a cross.
For a crown he had twined thorns, cruelly impressed.
You could look at Jesus and conclude that he was so weak a king that he had very little to work with.
Or you could look at him and, wonderingly, come to the conclusion that he is so great a king that the most mean and ill-suited things, when put to the purpose of his majesty, become the most beautiful, apt, and worthy objects of his royal order.
I want to be such a thing, an ill-suited and unlikely person whose accomplishments for the Kingdom can only be accounted for by the greatness of the King.

2 Corinthians 12:9

Prayer: Lord, I can't help wanting to be useful. I like to think that there are some things about me, some gifts you’ve given me, that you might be pleased to use. But I know I’m not indispensable to your cause. And perhaps you are most glorified when my weakness is most evident. So I drop every pretension and invite you to show off. I will gladly be a foil for your greatness.

Song - Noel by Chris Tomlin and Lauren Daigle

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