Advent: Week 2 | Day 3

December 7 | Luke 1:26-38

The angel appears and says “Greetings, you who are highly favored! The Lord is with you.” When the angel says, “The Lord is with you,” he was not only using a phrase that was a greeting and a sort of common blessing, but was pointing to the fact that in Mary’s case, the Lord was actually with her. She was pregnant with Jesus.  Not only was the Lord with her, but the Lord would be close to all of us because of the child she was bringing into the world. 

Reflection

Why do we we still struggle to sense God's presence?

God has always been with us, but we tend to doubt it. By coming in the flesh, born into the world, the doubts about whether God was with us or amongst us were meant to be diminished. Why is it that now, just as much as then, we still doubt that God is with us?

Growing in your faith simply means growing in your confidence in God.  How might you trust God more this year than you have any year before?

Prayer

God, who is always with us, I believe! Help my unbelief.