Look and listen
Regardez et Écoutez
God calls his people to attention. God tells his
people to use their senses: their ears and their eyes. Four times God appeals
to our hearing (the same as in “Hear, O Israel…”of Deuteronomy 6:4), four times
to our vision. This is a wake-up call to our senses. Look and listen, see and
hear what God has in store. Just as he did to Abraham and Sarah, he will bless
his hopeless people abundantly.
This is his announcement to the desperate exiles:
comfort and compassion; justice, righteousness and salvation. New creation
where there are currently deserts and wastelands. This new creation will be
more durable and reliable than heaven and earth.
Advent is a time for using our senses; a time for
coming to our senses; a time to become sensitive to God’s promises; a time to
open up; a time to wake up to God’s abundant love.
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