Jeremiah 46:27 But as for you, have no fear, my servant Jacob,
and do not be dismayed, O Israel;
for I am going to save you from far away,
and your offspring from the land of their captivity.
Jacob shall return and have quiet and ease,
and no one shall make him afraid.
This is the time of year for the weepy "homecoming" commercials. You know the ones I mean. Somebody sneaks into the house early on Christmas morning or pops in just as the turkey is set on the Thanksgiving table. Nobody expected them to be able to make it home. Maybe there were weather problems. Maybe they lived too far away. Maybe they were in the military. Nonetheless, they make it home. Everybody cries. The viewers cry. And then I guess we go buy the coffee or batteries or cellphone plan or whatever it is that made it all possible.
I'm not selling you anything this morning. God's not selling you anything. But God promises a return more profound than any family get-together. God promises that one day we will return to God's house. One day we will be welcomed home and the feast will be set before us and nobody will be able to make us afraid ever again.
So this season as you are surrounded by love and hope, either at All Saints' Thanksgiving dinner, at your family's gathering(s) or wherever it is... look at those things as signs. They are signs of the great feast that God promises us. Thanks be to God!
In Christ,
Pastor Seth
Join us for Thanksgiving worship Wednesday evening at 7. Bring a bag of groceries for the Palatine Food Pantry. Then join us on Thursday for our free community meal, 11-2. We begin Advent in worship next Sunday at 8:30 and 11.
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