Whole Lotta
Hoping!
"The Root of Jesse will spring up,
one who will arise to rule over the
nations; in him the Gentiles will
hope."
Romans 15: 12
In early 2022, Mega Millions lottery reached a jackpot
of
over a billion dollars as people everywhere lined up
for tickets. Jonathan Cohen is a lottery historian—yes,
there's such a thing—and he told reporters the reason
is because people need hope.
In a time of inflation and economic stress,
fantasies of becoming super rich is
driving
more than half of American adults to enter
a lottery.
The chance of winning the lottery is one
in hundreds of millions. The possibility of
finding real hope in Christ is one hundred
percent.
There is total hope in Christ, hope for a
confident
life and continual future. It wasn’t random chance
but divine design that sent a Baby whose every
heartbeat spells
hope.
Without the birth of Christ, we wouldn’t
have salvation from sin and the certainty
of eternity in heaven with our
Heavenly
Father.
"It’s almost too limiting to say that
we “celebrate”… Christmas. We
stare dumbstruck, lost in
wonder,
love, and praise… God being
born into our world."
Timothy Keller