Come Thou Long Expected Jesus

Devotional

More than anything, we need Jesus. This is at the heart of the bible’s message, and it is our slowest lesson to learn. Christians will affirm this with an intensity that corresponds to their spiritual maturity – the greater we feel the need of Him, the greater we understand ourselves and the world we inhabit. God’s people waited in expectation for the promised Messiah, and as they saw their nation crumbling and the assimilating, destructive power of the world around them, they prayed that God would send His promised Messiah. Our longing is only satisfied with the true Jesus – only when we know Him can we find Him satisfying. Is He not satisfying to you? Are you indifferent to Him? Are you only passively interested in Him, compared to other interests? Then you do not know Him as you should. Look at what he did, look at what he said. Do not stop at the Christmas story – it only declares the hope. It is in the rest of the gospel, and the rest of the scriptures that we find the full reality of that hope. This is where we taste, and see, that the Lord is good!