Governed by a foreign power, high taxes, and the increasing loss of the traditional way of life. Not to mention the political and cultural divisions - some were calling for revolt. No, it wasn’t the best of years. People were losing hope; some had already lost it.
It wasn’t the best of years, but then:
“When the fulness of time had come, God sent forth his Son… (Gal. 4:4)
“…and the time came for her to be delivered. And she gave birth to her first-born son and wrapped him in swaddling cloths, and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn.” (Luke 2:6-7).
It wasn’t the best of years... until He came, then it became the Very Best Year.
Because Jesus came.
May the coming of Jesus in your life make this year - and every year -
the Very Best of Years for each of you!
