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Luke 1:68-72
Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, for he has come to his people, he has set them
free, and he has established for us a saving power in the House
of his servant David, just as he proclaimed, by the mouth of his holy prophets
from ancient times, that he would save us from our enemies and
from the hands of all those who hate us, and show faithful love
to our ancestors, and so keep in mind his holy covenant.
The God who comes
People of faith have
one hope through all history, and God has one story to impress on our hearts so
that we know our hope is fulfilled ... and always will be.
One story: The story of
God coming to us, to love and bless, to warm our hearts when they are cold and
fill us with hope when all hope seems gone.
God comes and always
will come to us to give us the treasure of God’s heart, the unfailing love that gives life to we who fear and fail, just as God has promised.
I reject the language that
speaks of God’s intervention into human lives. God does not intervene. There is no need because God
is present all along. There is no moment when God needs to step into a situation to change things for the better. God is always there, a
living, loving presence, a saving power who lifts us from doubt and despair so
that we know we dwell constantly in the land of God’s abiding nearness.
Yes, times come when
events turn and it seems as if God has finally heard and answered our prayer: a
moment of healing, a friend who offers exactly the help we need, a sudden
change in our fortunes.
All these and so much
more are gifts from the God of Light from whom all blessings come.
But make no mistake: God has already come, and
God is always coming. God first came in the burst of light at the dawn of
creation and has been coming to creation ever since.
God comes in acts of
deliverance and mercy, in every act of justice and compassion in the history
of our world. God comes decisively in the incarnation of the divine heart in our brother Jesus, and in the depth of our love and longing for life for ourselves and
for our whole dying world.
God comes and will
continue to come in every time, every moment, to every heart until all things
are filled with the Love God is.
Pr. David L. Miller
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