Christmas Advent 2012 Day 2

December 3, 2012 One Christmas my older brother and I asked for a leather football. It couldn't be rubber or artificial leather it had to be leather. As the presents began appearing under the tree, there was one particular present that caught our eye. It was the one that was the shape of a football box. We were so excited. Every day we would check under the tree to make Shure it wasn't gone, anticipating Christmas morning when we could actually hold it in our hands. One day we were home alone when the anticipation (temptation) got to us. Very carefully we opened the end so as not to tear the paper. There it was a leather football. So we took it out to see how it felt. But the living room isn't the best place to throw a football; so we took it outside. After playing football with neighborhood boys, we very carefully put it back into the box and resealed it till Christmas, living with the anticipation. Christmas morning the first present we wanted to open was that present. When we opened the football box what we found were soap horses for the bathroom. We never saw that football again. But we never peeked again either. God promised Abram in Genesis 12:3 and in you shall all families of the earth be blessed. This was referring to the coming of Jesus. Abraham lived in anticipation of that promise being fulfilled. He lived with his focus and faith upon the promised word of God. Abraham's faith in God is what was counted for his righteousness. As we anticipate Christmas, let's consider our focus and faith in the promises God made and fulfilled in the baby born in the stable. It's something to think about.