This "Look to Christ" is featured in our episode: The Christmas Paradox
Advent invites us to pause and remember why Christ came. He entered our world to address the deepest ache of the human heart: the guilty conscience. We carry memories we wish we could erase, sins we fear will define us, and failures that whisper we are unworthy. Christ did not come to add weight to that burden. He came to lift it.
In his first coming, he stepped into the very place where shame hides. He took every accusation that stands against you and bore it in his own body. Nothing you fear will rise against. Nothing you regret is left uncovered. He carried it all. His blood speaks a better word than your guilt ever could. It declares you clean.
He also wrapped you in his own righteousness. You do not come before the Father trembling, hoping you will be accepted. You come clothed in the perfect obedience of Jesus. You are not tolerated. You are welcomed. The barrier your conscience once felt has been removed. You stand before God with confidence, not because your record is clean, but because his record is yours.
This is the foundation of Advent joy. Before Christ returns to make all things new, he has already made *you* new in the deepest way imaginable. He has silenced the voice of guilt. He has washed the stains you could never remove. He has given you peace where fear once lived.
So as you wait, as you long for that final day when faith becomes sight, remember what his first arrival accomplished. You are forgiven. You are covered. You are clean.
