Today's encouragement comes from Malachi 3:1, which says this:
“ 'Behold, I send My messenger, and he will prepare the way before Me. And the Lord, whom you seek, will suddenly come to His temple, even the Mes-senger of the covenant, in whom you delight. Behold, He is coming,' says the LORD of hosts."We have been celebrating the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ. Here, in Mala-chi, is a great prophecy of our Savior's first advent. John the Baptist went be-fore the Redeemer; and the Messiah appeared (past tense) in the temple. All of this should strengthen the faith of the saints, as we behold the truthfulness of the written word of God.
Do we "delight" in the "Messenger of the covenant,” our Lord Jesus Christ? If we do, then let us rejoice in His presence: in our hearts, and in His church.
[Puritan quote of the day: "The two great graces essential to a saint in this life are faith and repentance. These are the two wings by which he flies to heav-en.” —Thomas Watson, in, "The Doctrine of Repentance"]
