Advent is a time for us to remember the promises God has made to us, and how He has gloriously fulfilled them.
When King David desires to build a house for the ark of God, He responds through Nathan the prophet that He will build up David into a house that will last forever, because from this house shall come the Messiah.
God marvelously brought the Savior to us through the working of the Holy Spirit in Mary. God favored her and chose her to bear the Son of God into the world. God would take care of everything. All Mary had to do was consent and open herself up to the will of God.
So in our lives, God works marvelously in us. Even when we can't fully understand what He's doing, we can rest in the great assurance that He is fulfilling His promises for us as we say "yes" to Him. He is the One Who, in His great wisdom, revealed Himself to us so powerfully that we might live by faith for Him.
And by consenting to His will for our lives, we give birth to the Son of God in our world.
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