Good Morning All,
Luke 2:11; “For unto you is born
this day in the city
of David a Savior, who is Christ
the Lord.”
“I’m
in control here.” Do you remember that
statement? It was made by, then, Secretary
of State Alexander Haig. He made this
statement shortly after President Reagan was shot; Vice President Bush was out
of the country. One of the reporters
asked the question to the Press Secretary, “Who’s in charge?” He mumbled that he didn’t know. At this point Secretary Haig came in and said
that he was.
It got quite the coverage, almost more
than the attempted assassination of a sitting president. Some on the left saw this as a power grab by
a “warmongering general”; some on the right saw it as “the man who prevented World
War 3.” I don’t know either way. I always thought he was only trying to keep
calm and stability in the government and in the US economy. I never saw it as a power grab. I saw it as a man who was used to being the
boss and when he thought everyone needed to know “who was the boss”; he stood
up, took charge and said that he was in control.
Who is the boss? That is a very critical
question; who is the boss of your life?
Are you, is it your passions and selfish desires? Or do you confess what Luther teaches in his
explanation to the 2nd Article “I believe that Jesus Christ… is my
Lord”? That is always the question
before us. In our “O, Antiphon” for
today, we pray for Jesus to come to us as our Lord.
O Adonai, and leader of the House of Israel,
who
appeared to Moses in the fire of the burning bush
and gave
him the law on Sinai:
Come and
redeem us with an outstretched arm.
This is a
prayer that makes a simple request. Jesus, Lord and Master of my life, come to
me with your love and redeem me by your power and might. We are like the little kid who is always
being bullied. We look for the big
strong guy who will defend us and fend off the bullies. We look for the powerful one, who will take
charge of the situation, send the bullies packing and give us the peace we
seek. In many ways, that is the essence
of this prayer, that Jesus would come again and dispose of the evil and pain of
the devil and with his mighty outstretched arm; save us.
Make no
mistake; Jesus is Lord of all, every knee will bow at his name. He is in control here and everywhere. Who is the boss of your life? Do you bow to Jesus in love and humble
service or in respect as the defeated foe?
Come
Lord, come. You who are all power and
might; yet you choose to act for us out of your love for us. Come and remove the pain and suffering and
restore your creation to the perfection that it should be. In Your precious name we pray, amen.
God’s Peace,
Pastor Bret
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