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December 19th 2025

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FRIDAY

“Look! I’m sending My messenger on ahead to clear the way for Me. Suddenly, out of the blue, the Leader you’ve been looking for will enter His Temple—yes, the Messenger of the Covenant, the One you’ve been waiting for. Look! He’s on His way!” A Message from the mouth of God-of-the-Angel-Armies.—Malachi 3:1 (MSG)

The Promise of the Messenger of the Covenant means that God knows our need. The people of Judah had concluded that God was unaware, and there are many today who think that God is unaware. In the wake of stifling poverty and rising healthcare costs and the frightening rhetoric against immigrants from those in seats of authority, many wonder if God is aware. But while we may not have all the answers, we can trust that God knows our need. And knowing that God knows makes a difference.

The Promise of the Messenger of the Covenant means that God meets our need. God, through Malachi, charges His people to live up to His standard: “Tell the priests to stop their corruption…Tell the people to stop robbing Me, but bring Me all of the tithe…and see if I won’t pour out for you a blessing so great that there won’t be room enough to receive it.”

The hope of Advent is that God will meet the need of those whose expectation is in God. The hymn writer offers this counsel to us: “Be not dismayed what e’re be tide. God will take care of you. Beneath His wing of love abide. God will take care of you.”

The Promise of the Messenger of the Covenant means that He is coming to clean them up. “I’ll be like white-hot fire from the smelter’s furnace. I’ll be like the strongest lye soap at the laundry. And for those who let me clean them up, their names will be found in My book of honor.”

That’s the best part of the message, for that part looks to the coming of Jesus. Jesus makes a difference no one else can make. Where we are dirty, Jesus cleans us up. Where we are weak, Jesus makes us strong. Jesus redeems our lives from destruction and crowns us with His loving kindness and tender mercy.

Prayer: Lord, we thank You that, even when we are dismissive of You, You always remember us. We thank You for Your provision, Your protection, and Your promise, manifested in Your Messiah, Jesus. We thank You that He has replaced our sorrow with joy, our despair with hope and our confusion with peace. We affirm that He’s the One we have been waiting for, and we rest in Him, as we go today. In Christ’s name, we pray. AMEN!

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