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| God chose David to be king because God was getting His people ready for an even greater King who was coming (JSB 120) |
Christmas Song: Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming
Hymn: All Hail the Power of Jesus' Name
Big Picture Story Bible: God's Blessings Grow (167-185)
Jesus Storybook Bible: The Teenie, Weenie ... True King (116-121)
The Ology: Chosen (143-145)
The Gospel Story Bible: God Chooses a New King (112-113)
We have seen God's promise of a Savior since the garden. In Adam (sin), we all died. But in Christ, we are made alive (1 Corinthians 5:22; Romans 5:12-21). God continues to give us more glimpses of this beautiful promise and uses sinful people to accomplish His purposes. The story of David points to Jesus.
There is great poetic beauty in Isaiah 11. Only God could take something like a tree stump or root and make it beautiful and fill it with life. Every fall, as I am surrounded by nature dying and preparing for winter, I am reminded of these verses. When spring comes, we see those shoots of life coming up with those brilliant greens. God preserves His people. God delights in saving His people. God has the power to bring forth life from our sinful and dead souls. Christ is our root, and we are grounded and given life through Him. Jesus Himself stated that He is the vine and we are the branches. Apart from Jesus, we can do nothing - we have no life without Him. John 20:31 says that by believing in Who Jesus is and what He did, we may have life in His name. This is Grace in all its fullness!
Here is a beautiful setting of some advent liturgy, O Root of Jesse
O Root of Jesse, Thou on Whom
The Holy Ghost shall rest;
Whose boughs through all the world shall bloom
With healing virtue blest:
Tidings and Tidbits:
Hymn: All Hail the Power of Jesus' Name
Big Picture Story Bible: God's Blessings Grow (167-185)
Jesus Storybook Bible: The Teenie, Weenie ... True King (116-121)
The Ology: Chosen (143-145)
The Gospel Story Bible: God Chooses a New King (112-113)
We have seen God's promise of a Savior since the garden. In Adam (sin), we all died. But in Christ, we are made alive (1 Corinthians 5:22; Romans 5:12-21). God continues to give us more glimpses of this beautiful promise and uses sinful people to accomplish His purposes. The story of David points to Jesus.
There is great poetic beauty in Isaiah 11. Only God could take something like a tree stump or root and make it beautiful and fill it with life. Every fall, as I am surrounded by nature dying and preparing for winter, I am reminded of these verses. When spring comes, we see those shoots of life coming up with those brilliant greens. God preserves His people. God delights in saving His people. God has the power to bring forth life from our sinful and dead souls. Christ is our root, and we are grounded and given life through Him. Jesus Himself stated that He is the vine and we are the branches. Apart from Jesus, we can do nothing - we have no life without Him. John 20:31 says that by believing in Who Jesus is and what He did, we may have life in His name. This is Grace in all its fullness!
Here is a beautiful setting of some advent liturgy, O Root of Jesse
O Root of Jesse, Thou on Whom
The Holy Ghost shall rest;
Whose boughs through all the world shall bloom
With healing virtue blest:
True Vine, in Whom we must abide
To bring forth plenteous fruit;
Whose branches, when by tempests tried,
Are firm in Thee their root:
To bring forth plenteous fruit;
Whose branches, when by tempests tried,
Are firm in Thee their root:
Thou art a shelter from the heat
That burns the thirsty ground:
A hiding place when tempests beat
Upon the plain around.
That burns the thirsty ground:
A hiding place when tempests beat
Upon the plain around.
O Root of Jesse, day by day
To Thee our prayers we send:
Come now, and through the world, we pray,
Thy healing leaves extend.
To Thee our prayers we send:
Come now, and through the world, we pray,
Thy healing leaves extend.
We wait in faith, we wait in prayer,
Until the happy time
Wherein Thy branches fruit shall bear
Through every distant clime.
Until the happy time
Wherein Thy branches fruit shall bear
Through every distant clime.
To God the Father glory be,
In majesty adored;
To Jesse's Root, the Son; and Thee,
O Holy Ghost; One Lord. Amen.
In majesty adored;
To Jesse's Root, the Son; and Thee,
O Holy Ghost; One Lord. Amen.
- Look in carols for the theme of the root or rod of Jesse this year. There are a lot of them. Make sure you take time to explain what all the poetry means.
- Take the kids out and find something you can make into an ornament from nature. This is a great opportunity to talk to them about seasons and how only God has the power to give and preserve life.
- A good song for today is The Lord is My Salvation.
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