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Day 5: Waiting in the Dark

Reflection:

“More than watchmen wait for the morning… .” Waiting is not passive in Scripture; it’s an active hope. Advent is about faithful waiting, even in silence.

The Christian life requires patience, plain and simple. There is no way we will ever get to the end of God’s plans before Him. It is always His act we must wait on and trust that His timing is both sovereign and good. It’s just like Tom Petty said, “The waiting is the hardest part.” God requires us to wait for His time, and when it comes, He will act swiftly (Isaiah 60:22).

Our worry is that the time is not coming. After waiting for too long, our confidence begins to wane. But this desperation is precisely the place where God asks us to be, such that our “whole being” cries out for Him. We wait on the Lord more than watchmen wait for morning. We wait in darkness for the light.

But the Christian claim is not that we wait in the dark without reason—but that God has already shown up in history. The birth, life, death, and resurrection of Jesus are not abstract ideas, but real events, grounded in eyewitness testimony (Luke 1:1–4), confirmed by archaeological evidence, and historical documentation. Our hope is built on a historical foundation, not blind optimism. And it is this very real event that we move toward in Advent which reminds us that Jesus will come again, as He has already. So be patient…until the Lord’s coming (James 5:7-11).

Meditation:

What spiritual discipline will you build into your daily life during Advent?