In Mary's visit to Elizabeth, we are shown yet again that God keeps his promises. We can trust this sovereign, covenant-making, promise-keeping God.

Let the darkness of this present age press you into Christ our Light. Let advent remind you that He has come and he will come again in glory.

Even David, the mighty warrior, the man after God’s own heart, Israel’s greatest king, eventually died. But God's Forever King, the better David was coming.

In these days of social upheaval, don’t be too quick to turn to your own devices, but instead stand firm on the Rock of your Salvation.

We are all like Absalom, with traitorous, rebellious hearts that seek to usurp the throne. Only after we see that our hearts are by nature like Absalom, can we see the beauty of Jesus.

Like David, we all deserve to die. All of the sin and evil in the world is in you. The gospel is the only solution for the heart of men.

We cannot approach the presence of God through our own means - by the reaching out of our own sinful hands. For God is holy and we would be struck dead in His presence, but we have an advocate.

David wept and mourned at the death of his enemy, Saul. Even more so, Jesus does not rejoice at a death of a sinner, but instead desires that all men might be saved and be brought under his gracious lordship.

How can you become more gracious to others? Return to the cross and remember the mercy God has shown you. We are never more like Jesus than when we forgive others rather than giving them what they deserve.

Jonathan saved David from the ill-tempered wrath of his father, Saul, but Jesus saved us from the just wrath of his Father - the Lord Almighty. We didn't deserve saving, but Jesus is our faithful friend and brother.