Today's readings are Isaiah 1.1-28 ( http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/search/?q=Is.+1.1-28 ) and 1 Peter 1.1-12 ( http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/search/?q=1+Pet.+1.1-12 ).
This year it just happens that the American Thanksgiving holiday coincides with the first day of Advent. There's an obvious tie-in there, right? Many times around a Thanksgiving table people will try to express some of the things for which they are thankful. What about giving thanks for the coming of Christ and the expectancy of his coming yet again? What about giving thanks that we are not bound to the sacrificial system we read about in Isaiah, but that we have been called by God himself to approach his throne by the name of Jesus Christ, our Righteousness incarnate?
We have been given a living hope in the resurrection from the dead - for eternal delight to those who believe and for condemnation to those who don't believe. And our Lord has promised that all who desire to believe on the Lord Jesus Christ may come to him. For this we can surely give thanks.
Lord, we look forward to your coming. We celebrate the coming of our savior and the expectancy we can hold, looking for both the season of Christmas and for the return of Christ to gather his people to himself.
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