The angels brought tidings of "Great Joy", the good news of salvation in Jesus which is good news for anyone and everyone who believes.

There is times of struggle for us all. There are times we are walking in darkness - when you do, take hold of the truth of the true king because the truth of the true King feeds our joy in every circumstance.

We were made for Joy. Isaiah 9 points us to where our Joy is found and how it comes to us as light in the darkness.

In the midst of struggle, apathy and difficulty, the saint have always been drawn to the same thing, a big vision of Christ

Just as Jesus was rejected, if we take up our cross of allegiance, we will be rejected too. That is an increasingly hard path to follow in our cultural moment. It is hard but he given us help.

God gives spiritual sight to the blind, and brings light to those in darkness.

Jesus is moved for his enemies, he is moved for sinners. He enters in our brokenness so much so he dies for us. Jesus compassion costs.

In the end, when our lives here are over, whatever the provision Jesus gives us as his people, we can trust him. In the end we’ll be able to look back and say, like the crowd does in this passage “He has done all things well.”

Jesus has cleansed us through his one time sacrifice and his power in the new hearts he has given us is working its way out in what we say, what we do and who are are. Bring your guilt to Jesus and let him point you to the cross where he took it for you.

Jesus knows your heart and he sees who you really are. And that’s terrifying, unless the person who see’s us, actually really loves us.