Faithful Shepherds

The ten horns which you saw are ten kings who have not yet received a kingdom, but they receive authority as kings with the beast for one hour. These have one purpose, and they give their power and authority to the beast. These will wage war against the Lamb, and the Lamb will overcome them, because He is Lord of Lords and King of kings, and those who are with Him are the called and chosen and faithful.” Revelation 17:12-14 NASB

Here we are, winding down the year, sharing the second Sunday of Advent, Lord Jesus we celebrate You! The Lord is merciful and just, and so while some circumstances we want out of won’t change until God has completed their purpose in our refining, (like those wounds from the past that won’t automatically mend), this Christmas know that He came for your rescue. He came for me. He came for the guy passed out in the alley or the lady who’s mortgage is paid off.  As confounding as this year may have been, God is sovereign and infinitely greater than any and all. 

In the book of Revelation, Jesus is described as the warrior King who rides on His white horse, leading the armies of heaven - His mission did not end upon His arrival in Bethlehem or at the cross, for Jesus did not come to pardon us and leave us with warm feelings of happiness. He came to redeem us, to reclaim us, to reconcile us, recruit us and invite us to walk out our days with Him. He is Jesus, the Warrior King, and may He say one day to each of us that we were His faithful soldiers in this great war.