It's the last Sunday before Christmas and all of the Advent candles have now been lit! It's so exciting as we anticipate and celebrate Christ's arrival as the "Light of the World" Some of the newer Advent wreaths have a fifth white candle, a Christ Candle to be lit at Christmas. Whatever traditions you follow, the meaning of Advent is not lost. That's because it offers a laser-like focus on Christ's arrival as the Messiah and his second coming as God's own appointed ruler and judge.
That laser-like light exposes, cleanses, and purifies everything it shines upon. There is an old saying, "Nothing sanitizes like sunlight." This is true naturally and metaphorically. So as we celebrate the first coming of Christ as "The Light of the World", let us be that light, remembering what he said about us:
Matthew 5:14-15
14 Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.
15 Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house.
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