The final parable in Luke 15 reminds us that rebellion and self righteousness can both keep us outside. But grace doesn't wait at the door, it comes out and meets us. 

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This is perhaps the most overlooked parable in Luke 15, but it may be the most unsettling. Because unlike the sheep and the prodigal, the coin doesn't even know it's lost.

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We are called to share God’s posture, not just God’s property. The church is not a pen to protect sheep, it is a community shaped by pursuit.

Religious experts testing Jesus, wanting a hierarchy, a shortcut, a way to organize 613 commands. Jesus refuses the game and offers something better—two commands that change everything. If these two commands are the summary of everything, why do we organize our lives around other priorities?

A better pace isn’t just about less doing—it’s about deeper being with God. Prayer that prioritizes presence slowly forms us into people who live from God’s nearness instead of striving for God’s attention.

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Ask yourself, "Who am I rushing past? What am I protecting?" Jesus doesn’t abolish Sabbath, He restores its heart. And at the center of God’s rhythm is space for mercy. 

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Before Jesus ever talks about how we live, He invites us into who we live with. Rest doesn’t begin with better rhythms. It begins with a better relationship. And the invitation is still the same: "Come to Me."

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What does faithfulness look like when God is present, but the future is still unclear? God-with-us does not remove uncertainty; it teaches us how to live faithfully inside it.

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God’s work is often slower than we want, but more faithful than we expect. Advent joy is not the result of things working out—it is the fruit of God being near. The miracle of Advent is not that God entered the world once, but that God keeps entering ordinary lives still. God with us means the ordinary is where salvation takes root.

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Advent is not the denial of conflict but the promise that conflict is not the end of the story. Christ did not wait for harmony to arrive; harmony arrived because Christ came.

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