DAILY?READINGS: Numbers 3; Psalms 148-150; Mark 13
She brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid Him in a manger. Luke 2:7
Consider the humble circumstances of the Lord Jesus’ birth. Consider also His humble, obedient walk on earth—lived in poverty, as He went to Calvary: “He became obedient unto death, even the death of the Cross” (Phil. 2:8). So, too, to those who humble themselves does He reveal Himself. How is your heart today? Is your heart now humbly receptive to the redeeming love of the Saviour? —Mark Fenn
No ear may hear His coming,
But in this world of sin,
Where meek souls will receive Him still,
The dear Christ enters in.
—P. Brooks