Tireless

"When the baby was circumcised he was called Jesus," Luke 2:21.

Now the weird thing is this - it wasn't weird in those days, it was just the normal way of doing things then - Jesus had no name for about a week (or exactly 8 days) after he was born. The name (for baby boys) came on circumcision day. You remember that an angel appearing to Mary before Jesus' conception told her to name him Jesus, and after Mary's pregnancy became evident, an angel told Joseph the same thing. So he named the baby. So ... what's with circumcision? It was the sign of the promise God made to Abraham 2,000 years earlier, a sign repeated in every subsequent generation, a sign that God planned to save all the families of the world who, like Abraham, believed God. This baby was the end of circumcision: he was the end of the promise: Jesus: meaning, Salvation. God's at work.

Talking with a brother or sister today, we reject despair and fill our minds with hope. Hope in this tireless, blessing God. Together, we give thanks for his salvation.