“Unto us” is the reflection of the promises of prophets that reverberate in the whispers of His Word and are formulated in the innermost search of our souls as a quest for a Saviour and then cast out into the sea of humanity as we each seek a star, guided by heaven to a place of ultimate peace.
This year has seen many feathers on the doorstep. The most recent gift, a beautiful nest – empty, and gently deposited at the front door. It was food for prayer and meditation. The workings of the spirit in the discovery of the nest, its soft delicate feel, so obviously nurturing, sparked a train of thought that amplified the message of Christmas.
“Unto us ..” not unto me. Not unto a particular group, culture or society – “unto us” a collective, a world, a humanity in crisis. Unto us, was about going out from the nest – a view of Christ from birth through the years to maturity. A view that we are called upon to share. The nest is there so that we can return each year to a reminder that the miracle birth is an event to be broadcast far and wide. A chance for us to be the Bethlehem star.
We cannot separate the child being born from the ‘unto us’ without knowing that the unto us is all of us. If there is never an ‘us’ there is no need for the nest and the miracle it cradled and nurtured!
May your Christmas be filled with the peace of His whispers as He guides you into a fellowship with the ‘Us’ of the world carrying the message of a miracle birth and may the gift we have received through the power of the Holy Spirit fill us with purpose. Amen.
