Sunday, December 3, 2017

A Prayer

Father,

We live in a word that is filled with evil, evil people doing evil things. And so much of the evil that we hear about and read about these days is so vile. The things that used to restrain such evil have been removed. It all seem to be going from bad to worse. And behind it all Satan stands as the master evildoer. His greatest desire is to do all that he can to ruin what You have created. And he has been quite successful. Even just a quick read of the news reveals much of his success. But we can't just point at others. We are not untouched by Satan's schemes. Sadly, we also do evil.

All of this would be so thoroughly depressing, even leading to despair except for one thing. Jesus has come.

Jesus has come to deal with Satan. He has confronted him and, at the Cross, has defeated him. So, now Jesus has the upper hand. Now, Jesus is taking evildoers and changing them into saints. And He is changing saints so that more and more we do what is good and right and beautiful instead of the evil that we are fooled into committing.

We thank You, Father, for this note of hope. Things look bad, especially at times, but the Savior has come. Evil will be destroyed. Jesus' first Advent will inevitably lead to His second Advent. And then, all of this will be changed.

Help us, Father, to cling to this note of hope. Help us never to give in to the temptations of despair. Help us to believe the Gospel. Jesus has come to deal with the evil.

And help us Father to do our part as the Church of Jesus, the Savior. There are things that He wants us to do so that there would be many, many more who would be changed from evildoers to saints. Help us, by Your Spirit, so that we would know what Jesus wants us to do and then we would do them so that the beauty that You have intended for Your creation would be restored. Through Christ our Lord Amen.

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