I don’t really observe Advent – I’ll be honest, I’m not even completely sure when it takes place or how long it is or what you’re supposed to do – but I am reading an Advent devotional this year! It’s called Love Came Down at Christmas, written by Sinclair B. Ferguson, and it focuses on 1 Corinthians 13 and how Jesus exemplifies each of the aspects of love given in those verses. Today’s quote comes from the chapter I read yesterday, on “Love… does not rejoice at wrongdoing but rejoices with the truth”:
“In [Jesus’] coming not only did the righteous die for the unrighteous, but the Truth conquered the lie. When we see this, we understand why it is that ‘love… rejoices with the truth.’ It isn’t simply a matter of wanting to tell the truth. It is that we have come to know the truth, and it has set us free.”
I love this, because when we know, rejoice in, and love THE Truth, Jesus, it does lead to freedom in the truest sense. That freedom allows us to rejoice with the truth in all moments, and in fact, to love as Christ loves us – to love as it is laid out in 1 Corinthians 13.
This chapter of Scripture holds a very special place in my heart; the Holy Spirit used it in my life years ago and produced great change in me. As I’m reading through this devotional now, I’m hoping to see that again.
Merry Christmas!
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