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\u201cWait Upon the Lord with Rejoicing\u201d \u2013 Luke 1:39-45<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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1. Me… Not so happy<\/h4>\n

Four years ago, I spent three months being not so happy. Do you know why? My wife \u2013 my best friend \u2013 left me. Oh, she didn\u2019t leave me permanently, but she did go far, far away\u2026 all the way to Africa to spend some time with our grandchildren. It was planned, and in fact it was my idea \u2013 not to get rid of her, but to allow her to do something she really wanted to do. But while she was gone I was not so happy. I didn\u2019t have anybody to talk with when I got home from work every day. I didn\u2019t have anybody to do things with \u2013 like go for a walk, or go out to a restaurant, or go to a play. I didn\u2019t have anyone to kiss goodnight. Oh, I know, you don\u2019t want to hear that mushy stuff. But I tell you, it was kind of lonely.<\/p>\n

And it was almost EXACTLY four years ago \u2013 I think it was December 6 \u2013 that she came home. And that made me very happy. You couldn\u2019t wipe the smile off my face. And our key word for today \u2013 REJOICING \u2013 was my word!<\/p>\n

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2. Airports are joy-full places<\/h4>\n

When someone comes for a visit, or when someone comes home after a visit, there is a lot of rejoicing. In fact, airports are some of the happiest places to observe people. There are a lot of smiles, a lot of hugging, some running and hugging, some hand-holding, and lots of kissing. Oh, I know, you don\u2019t want to hear that mushy stuff.<\/p>\n

But before the smiles, and hugging, and hand-holding, and kissing \u2013 SORRY \u2013 there is a lot of waiting. You\u2019ve known for weeks that the person is coming on THAT day! And you\u2019ve waited \u2013 patiently, sometimes impatiently \u2013 for THAT day to arrive! And when it does, you wake up early, because it\u2019s hard to wait, it\u2019s hard to get excited, when you\u2019re sleeping. You wake up early, and wait, wait, wait, until it\u2019s time to go to the airport. But the hands on the clock seem to g-o s-o, s-o s-l-o-w-l-y. Finally, it\u2019s time to go, and you hurry up, but then you have to wait in traffic, and you want so much to be in the airport WAITING room when that person arrives. But you get there in time, and then you have to park and go in to wait. And you wait and you wait and you wait because it takes a while to get off the plane, and to get the luggage, and maybe to go through customs. You wait until finally the one you\u2019re waiting for comes around the corner. You recognize their body size, and their walk, and the luggage, and your hug can hardly wait to come out, so you run\u2026 and then at long last there is the meaningful embrace and kiss \u2013 OH, SORRY\u2026 that\u2019s the last time!! And there\u2019s lots of talking \u2013 about the trip, and about what\u2019s happened since you last saw each other. And ALL of this could fall into that category of REJOICING\u2026 because you can\u2019t wipe the smiles off of the faces of people who have been apart and who have now come home. There is JOY in their hearts, and it bubbles up to show in their faces. Not even COVID masks can hide joy!!<\/p>\n

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3. Elizabeth and Mary meeting again<\/h4>\n

Now the story we heard from Luke 1 this morning was about two people meeting after a long time apart. Let\u2019s talk about Elizabeth first. She lived in the hill country of Judea \u2013 that was south of Jerusalem, south of Bethlehem. (And maybe you know what was going to happen in Bethlehem!) Elizabeth\u2019s husband, Zechariah was a priest and sometimes he would work a shift burning incense at the temple in Jerusalem. Elizabeth and Zechariah were old \u2013 like grandpa and grandma old, or maybe even great grandpa and grandma old. And something had kept them from being really, really, REALLY joyful \u2013 they did not have any children. In those days, and among the Jewish people, it was kind of a sad thing to not have any children. People would talk about you, behind your back, they might even conclude that you had some bad and unrepented sin, and that God was punishing you by keeping you from having children. So, Elizabeth\u2019s whole adult life was spent waiting, waiting, waiting to have a child. And then one day the angel Gabriel appeared to Zechariah while he was serving at the altar of incense. He told Zechariah that he and Elizabeth would have a baby, a special baby that would prepare the people for the coming of the Lord, the promised Saviour. [Oh, and just a note\u2026 Zechariah didn\u2019t really believe Gabriel, since he and Elizabeth were old, and so he was prevented from speaking until that baby was born.] But when Elizabeth became pregnant\u2026 well, I can imagine she was just silly with joy: \u201cI\u2019m pregnant, I\u2019m pregnant! I\u2019m going to have a baby! God has shown His blessing and favour to me.\u201d Her life-long waiting turned into rejoicing.<\/p>\n

OK\u2026 while all that was happening south of Bethlehem, far away up north in Nazareth, a young girl named Mary was visited by that same angel Gabriel. She WASN\u2019T waiting to have a baby. She wasn\u2019t even THINKING about having a baby. She wasn\u2019t even married yet!! But what did the angel tell her? Well, it was something like this:<\/p>\n

\u201cGood morning, Mary! You\u2019re beautiful with God\u2019s beauty, beautiful inside and out! God be with you.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mary was afraid and uncertain because, well, you don\u2019t see an angel every day! The angel continued:<\/p>\n

\u201cMary, you have nothing to fear. God has a surprise for you: You will become pregnant by the Holy Spirit \u2013 you see with God nothing is impossible \u2013 and you will give birth to a son and\u2026 well, you should call him Jesus. He will be called Holy, the Son of God. He will be great, and the Lord God will give him a throne and a kingdom to rule over forever. Oh, and in case you didn\u2019t know, your relative Elizabeth is also pregnant.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mary believed the angel\u2019s message, and then the angel left. And we heard that Mary left, too. She went in a hurry to the hill country south of Bethlehem because\u2026 it just so happened that Mary and Elizabeth were relatives. We don\u2019t know when they last saw each other, but they did live far apart so it may have been months or even years. Elizabeth was old, so maybe Mary went to help her out with the cooking and cleaning and laundry during her pregnancy.<\/p>\n

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4. Elizabeth and Mary rejoicing in God’s goodness<\/h4>\n

In our Gospel reading today we see these two women rejoicing in their current circumstances. Neither one of them had a baby in their arms yet, but both of them rejoiced just in the news that the Lord was going to bless the world through those babies. In fact, Elizabeth\u2019s baby \u2013 whose name would be John \u2013 even leaped for JOY to know that the baby inside Mary was going to be the Saviour, the Messiah. Mary goes on to sing a song called the Magnificat to share her rejoicing with all humankind.<\/p>\n

These two women could have moped around and worried about all the things that were going to happen, and I imagine they did a bit of that too. Both Elizabeth, being beyond the age of childbearing, and Mary, not being married yet, could have let the worry and trouble of all those things get to them a whole lot more than they did. Elizabeth would have thought, \u201cI\u2019m so old, how am I going to look after a new-born baby?\u201d And Mary would have thought, \u201cI\u2019m so young, how am I going to look after a new-born baby?\u201d Mary might also have thought, \u201cJoseph and I aren\u2019t even married yet. I wonder if he is going to stay with me.\u201d But in that moment, Mary and Elizabeth greeted each other like long-separated relatives at the airport. So, as they waited for their children to be born, they rejoiced in the goodness of God. Their children, especially Jesus, were going to give joy to people, joy that would make all the troubles of life small in comparison.<\/p>\n

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5. Troubles in life<\/h4>\n

Troubles in life\u2026 Are there things that you are moping around about right now? Maybe you\u2019re just dreading that you have to go to school (or work) for a few more days. You\u2019d like to be on Christmas break right now. Maybe you\u2019re having disagreements with a good friend, or a brother or sister, and that\u2019s not the way you want to be leading up to these \u201cpeace on earth\u201d Christmas days. Maybe you\u2019re upset with yourself because of some stupid things you\u2019ve done\u2026 WAIT, am I allowed to say \u201cstupid\u201d \u2013 OK, you\u2019re upset with yourself because of some foolish things you\u2019ve done, and you think God isn\u2019t happy with you like He was happy with young Mary.<\/p>\n

Yeah, the situation of our lives may not be ideal even in these pre-Christmas days, but the Lord doesn\u2019t want us to focus on the situations in our life as much as on the one who is above all our situations, and who gives us all the reason we need to rejoice!<\/p>\n

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6. Rejoicing in Advent for Christmas<\/h4>\n

Our title for this service is \u201cWait Upon the Lord with Rejoicing.\u201d In this season of Advent, we kind of have a double waiting. First of all, we are waiting and preparing for Christmas. You know what that\u2019s all about \u2013 the birth of Mary\u2019s baby, Jesus. And you know what Jesus is all about \u2013 He\u2019s the one who kept all of God\u2019s promises, He\u2019s the one who taught people about God and God\u2019s kingdom, He\u2019s the one who loved people by healing them, He\u2019s the one who died on the cross to forgive our sins, He\u2019s the one who rose victoriously from the dead.<\/p>\n

Christmas is coming, and we\u2019re not hiding it \u2013 the manger scene with the baby Jesus is right here beside me, and there\u2019s a bigger one in the entrance area under the Christmas trees. It\u2019s really the birth of Jesus at Christmas that is the cause for our rejoicing during this season.<\/p>\n

Yet, even as we wait and prepare for Christmas, we do so with rejoicing. We have these special times of worship, and we sing songs that call forth our joy. Here are some lines from Advent hymns: \u201cand life to JOY awakes,\u201d; \u201cyour JOYFUL songs of praise,\u201d; \u201cJOY of every longing heart,\u201d; \u201cin strains of holy JOY.\u201d So, we don\u2019t WAIT for Christmas Eve to be joyful. We have our beautiful, festive decorations up all over the place \u2013 trees, poinsettias, wreaths, candles. Many of us are going to special parties and open houses to celebrate. This period of time, even though we are waiting for the grand Christmas celebration, is also a time of celebration as we wait.<\/p>\n

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7. Rejoicing in Advent for heavenly peace<\/h4>\n

The second thing is we are waiting for the return of Jesus. The truth, as Jesus has told us, is that we already have the kingdom of God within us, because the Holy Spirit is in us. We already have the joy of salvation, because Jesus has already won it for us on the cross. We already live in heavenly peace but we don\u2019t live in heaven yet.<\/p>\n

Too often we get stuck in the \u201cnot yet\u201d part of that statement, and we think we have to wait until we get to heaven to have all of the heavenly blessings, the fruits of the Spirit. We might let the sad situations of life lie to us and steal our joy.\u00a0 We might waste time getting down and discouraged by all of the bad things happening to us and to the world, instead of spending time in the joy of our salvation and sharing that joy with others.<\/p>\n

Mary and Elizabeth could rejoice with each even before their babies were born. We don\u2019t have to go to the airport and wait for Jesus to arrive before we are filled with joy. Christmas is about Jesus coming to earth, coming to our lives, to be with us always, every day, every place, every situation.<\/p>\n

I want to challenge all of you today to spend the rest of this Advent season rejoicing in the Lord! Take time to be encouraged that the Lord Jesus is always with you and will never leave you or forsake you. Spend time in prayer, not just giving the Lord all your griefs, but rejoicing in the Spirit. Find some good, joyful Psalms to rejoice in out loud. Intentionally smile! Sing along to that Christmas music. Enjoy the moments that you have!<\/p>\n

Too often we get caught up in what is going to happen next or on what is to come. Be in the moment this Advent season. Don\u2019t let another good opportunity to rejoice pass you by. Enjoy the family you have! Have fun with what you have going on right now! Rejoice and be glad in his salvation, right now! Then Christmas Eve and the celebration of Jesus\u2019 birth will just fill up your joy bucket even more. Amen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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