Change.

"When you came in and greeted me, the instant I heard your voice, my baby moved in me for joy!" Luke 1:44

The baby. John. He knew.As 

As the Apostle John wrote: "There once was a man, his name John, sent by God to point out the way to the Life-Light. He came to show everyone where to look, who to believe in. John was not himself the Light; he was there to show the way to the Light." John 1:6 - 8

John-the-Apostle knew the Scriptures:
" as it is written in Isaiah the prophet:
“I will send my messenger ahead of you,
who will prepare your way” Malachi 3:1
 “a voice of one calling in the wilderness,
‘Prepare the way for the Lord,
make straight paths for him.’” Isaiah 40:3


And so John the Baptist appeared..."

John. He, who Jesus said was 'the greatest of all men' - "the greatest messenger you’ll ever hear. He is the messenger Malachi announced when he wrote,
I’m sending my messenger on ahead
To make the road smooth for you.
“Let me lay it out for you as plainly as I can: No one in history surpasses John the Baptizer..."
And John, as he preached repentance, said about Jesus: " “The real action comes next: The star in this drama, to whom I’m a mere stagehand, will change your life. I’m baptizing you here in the river, turning your old life in for a kingdom life. His baptism—a holy baptism by the Holy Spirit—will change you from the inside out.”

He WILL change us - from the inside, out. From the inside.

This is what Advent is about. Preparing. Offering ourselves to God, to CHANGE us. From the inside, out.