In today’s first reading, 2 Samuel 7: 1-5, 8b-12, 14a, 16,
King David wanted to build a house for the ark of God. God
says to the prophet Nathan, who had encouraged King David to do so, to let King
David know that it was not the will of God that he take on such a task. “Go, tell my servant David, ‘Thus says the
Lord: Should you build me a house to dwell in? It was I who took you from the
pasture and from the care of the flock to be commander of my people Israel. I
have been with you wherever you went, and I have destroyed all your enemies
before you. And I will make you famous like the great ones
of the earth. I will fix a place for my people Israel; I will plant them so
that they may dwell in their place without further disturbance….I will raise up
your heir after you, spring from your loins, and I will make his Kingdom firm….Your
house and your Kingdom shall endure forever before me; your throne shall stand
firm forever.’”
God sent His Son into the World, born of a woman on this holy
night. Jesus came to earth to establish God’s Kingdom
here and to secure our place in that Kingdom for all eternity by ransoming us
from Satan’s snares. He
did so by His obedience to the Father unto His death on the cross and His
triumph over death in His resurrection.
My prayer: Thank you,
God, for your great love in leaving Your throne and the peace of heaven to
enter a sin-infested, troubled, violent world to secure for m—for all of us--a
place in heaven! You left heaven and
came to earth to redeem it and take it out of Satan’s power. You, warrior God,
took on Satan and his legions of devils, who war against us! How great God’s love for each of us—Jesus gave
His life as ransom, beginning with His taking on human nature when conceived in
Mary’s sacred womb and being born this holy night!
I did so for your sake!
I gave my life to save yours!
Your thoughts? Your
prayer?
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