12 - 12 -12?
Not the norm when it comes to our numbering of days....
Only rolls around once every 100 years, so I'll probably not be around to see the next one.
Does it mean anything, for these 3 numbers to be today's date?
I don't know.
Twelve, in Scripture, is the number for government.
Twelve tribes of Israel....
Twelve disciples....
In the book of Revelation, we read where there are 24 elders seated around the throne of God. That would be 12 x 2...two being a double witness.
Maybe it is about the government of God.
This unusual day falls in the last month of the year, so maybe we are suppose to give thought to God's rule and reign not only in this world, but in our lives.
The Kingdom of God.....
The Kingdom of heaven....
Isaiah 9:7 reads: Of the increase of His government and peace there will be no end......
Without faith, we cannot see God's government at work here in our world.
We look with our natural eyes and see only greed, destruction, hatred and the implementation of a government that will one day lead to a one world rule.
Let's be real honest here...
We never thought we'd see the day when this nation would be in the current moral and spiritual mess that it is.
We truly are seeing the fulfillment of II Timothy 3...."In the last days stressful (or perilous) times will come..."
Such events that are happening around us tend to draw us away from our faith.
We loose heart...
We grow discouraged....
We feel as though God and the church have become like a Chaplain on a cruise ship.
No one needs the Chaplin until the boat starts to sink, then everyone wants him.
I don't think it is a coincidence that in the last month of this year, 2012, God wants us to focus on Him and His rule and plan for this planet. That we would find hope and faith to carry on.....
God has not forgotten this world....
He is bringing forth His plans....in the lives of believers, and those yet to believe.
Luke 2:10-12
The the angel said to them,"Do not be afraid, for behold I bring you good tidings of great joy which will be to all people. For there is born to you this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord. And this will be the sign to you...You will find a Babe wrapped in swaddling cloths, lying in a manger."
.....And this will be a sign for you....
You will find God in the places that you least expect to find him in.
He will appear to you when you are not looking for him....
It may not be at a church....
You may not find him during a Christmas play or cantata....
God may suddenly appear to you while you're sitting at a red light, worn out form the hustle and bustle of this season....
As strange as it seems, God may appear to you at the dope house.....A Savior born this day, to rescue you from the damnable darkness of sin and addiction.
You may be sitting in a jail cell, broken and defeated, thinking that your life is over....When suddenly you find that Babe wrapped in swaddling cloths....
Only He is not longer that sweet, gentle babe laying in a manger....
Now He is the risen, glorified Christ who alone carries the authority and power to save.....
May you find Him!
So here on 12 - 12 -12....
Let this day.....
Let these numbers....
Direct our hearts and our thoughts to the one true King....
Let us find hope in Him.....
Merry Christmas from the "B's" in Attalla....
Michael / Vicki
God on you.....
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