Christmas and Promises
When parents say ‘I promise,’ their kids hold them to it! The parents among us know that sometimes we make promises we cannot keep. Many of us carry the baggage of promises that have been broken. Some can easily be smoothed over. Over leave a trail of broken relationship. The first half of Zechariah’s song is a celebration of the God who always keeps his promises. In the hardness of Christmas which is full of precarious promises, we meet a God who never goes back on his word. When God’s people are longing for salvation and redemption, God turns their pining into praising. He always delivers. As those who can praise God for being true to his word, we have the joy of proclaiming our promise-keeping God to people in this broken word.
