Our second Advent theme is Peace. Experiencing this wonderful, sweet, unexplainable, Peace that only God can provide requires patience and faith.

Waiting is an action. Faithfulness is an action. Obedience is an action. We must take action to experience His Peace. 

We will consider this week three servants of the Lord: Simeon, Zacharias and David. Simeon waited on God and trusted His promise and it resulted in great peace. David looked beyond what he could see and saw what God saw, trusted God and experienced a great victory. Zacharias had prayed for a child, but when the Angel of the Lord confirmed that his prayer had been heard and that Elizabeth would have a son and they were to name him John, Zacharias asked, "How can I believe this?" He was then struck mute until the baby boy was born and he named him John. The Peace of God is ours from salvation and the moment of the filling of the Holy Spirit. It is only appropriated in our lives through trust and obedience.

We can be like David who faced the giant because he believed the battle was the Lord's.

He trusted God and had a peace about what he needed to do. Most of the time we know what we need to do. We just lack confidence that we can.

"All things are possible with God"

In Christ

Pastor Todd