Read Acts 28:23-31.
In this season of Advent, we actively wait in expectation for Christ’s arrival in our world. In our passage today, we find Paul living in Rome. Despite the uncertainty of his future, Paul waits with faith and confidence, still finding ways to preach the Good News of the Gospel. Advent invites us into this same space: to wait with the same faith and confidence in the promise of what is to come.
Advent reminds us that waiting is not passive. Paul’s story teaches us that even as he waited, he welcomed everyone into his home and shared the Good News with the people he met, even in the face of an uncertainty. We, too, are called to live with faith and confidence. As we wait in anticipation for Christ’s arrival, we continue to share God’s hope, peace, joy, and love with the world. In this season, we continue to share the Good News and God’s grace with everyone we meet.
May we always remember that God is surely at work, even in the times of waiting.
Pray
Dear God, continue to be with us in the season of anticipation and waiting. Help us turn to you for faith and confidence. Be with us as we spread the Good News of your love. Remind us that even in this season of waiting, you are at work in our lives and in the world. Amen.
Caroline Eader
Student, Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary
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