Yesterday, our country celebrated Martin Luther King Jr. Day. We live in a country that has a history of racial adversity and continues to have racial struggles, today. Unfortunately, that is the nature of sin. We constantly seek to improve our status or situation, often at the cost of others.

In my last post, I wrote about how, when Jesus was baptized, the Father revealed Jesus’ identity and the Father’s disposition to Him. Jesus is the Father’s only son and the Father is well pleased with Him. In our baptism, much the same thing happens. God tells us our identity and His disposition to us…in Christ.

Amazingly, God has provided ways for all of us to encounter Him. He has given us His Word, in which He reveals Himself, His Spirit who guides and comforts us (among many other things), His sacraments, where we partake of the very body and blood of Christ. We may not physically see God, as John did that day, but it is real and powerful none-the-less.

“Long ago, at many times and in many ways, God spoke to our fathers by the prophets, but in these last days he has spoken

For behold, darkness shall cover the earth, and thick darkness the peoples; but the LORD will arise upon you, and his glory will be seen

“For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.” – Luke 2:11What a wonderful day! 

For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be

For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be

For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be