Reading: Luke 2:21-35

He held the Lord in his arms when He was an eight-day-old baby, knowing He was the long-awaited Messiah.

Wow!

However, in my reading this morning, this verse fragment caught my attention:

“And he came by the Spirit into the temple…” (27).

I want to be like Simeon that way — propel-able and stear-able by God’s Spirit.

Not just to the meeting place of God’s people.

But wherever God wants me to be at any given time.

That only comes from continual surrender to Jesus.

And from ongoing contact with Him.

And growing in awareness of Him.

Like this:

“In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths” (Proverbs 3:6).

And this:

“I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye” (Psalm 32:8).

That’s the life for me!

from Luke 2:32

A little bit more from Luke 2: Salvation Prepared for All

Reading: Luke 2:1-20

We’re still a long way from Christmas, but it’s still a good time to consider this:

“And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn” (7).

Babies don’t belong in mangers. They belong where people sleep — in a bed, in the inn.

This Baby, though, belonged in a manger, in a stall.

He belonged there, not because the innkeeper and all his guests despised Him, but because the Baby and His Father put others first.

Others first — that principle should govern my life.

Others first — all the time, but especially when I am entitled to be first or when I have the power to be first.

Others first — yes!

from Luke 2:17

A little bit more from Luke 2: A July Message