The Reason for the Season

Luke 1:68-79 NKJV

"Blessed is the Lord God of Israel, for He has visited and redeemed His people, 69 And has raised up a horn of salvation for us In the house of His servant David, 70 As He spoke by the mouth of His holy prophets, who have been since the world began, 71 That we should be saved from our enemies and from the hand of all who hate us, 72 To perform the mercy promised to our fathers and to remember His holy covenant, 73 The oath which He swore to our father Abraham: 74 To grant us that we, being delivered from the hand of our enemies, might serve Him without fear, 75 In holiness and righteousness before Him all the days of our life.

76 "And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Highest; for you will go before the face of the Lord to prepare His ways, 77 To give knowledge of salvation to His people By the remission of their sins, 78 Through the tender mercy of our God, with which the Dayspring from on high has visited us; 79 To give light to those who sit in darkness and the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace."

God sent His Son so that the world could be redeemed and John the Baptist was sent before Him to prepare the way. People needed to be told of the darkness and death they dwelt in, so they could see the need for this Savior. We still need to be told two thousand years later because man so easily forgets and wants to do things as he sees them in his own eyes. Read Judges to see how this worked out for the Israelites. You will see that every time they turned to their own way instead of God’s, something came along to oppress them until they realized the sin and cried out to the Lord.

Praise God this season that He had this plan already in place knowing that we would require redemption. Praise Him for the love He is still showing the world to give everyone of us a chance to repent our sins and return to being His children along with Jesus. The Law will only show us where we went wrong, but Jesus has the power to make us clean and return us to God’s fold. Chose Jesus today for He is the truth, the way and the life. He is the reason for the season.