Look at two images that the prophet Isaiah gives us of what the coming of Messiah will mean and the relevance of these images; the hope that they give us. 1) We walk in darkness but Jesus is the Light of the world. 2) We are dry and barren and thirsty people but Jesus came to give us streams of living water that flow from within us.  That’s the hope of Christmas.

Scripture: Isaiah 9:1-2; Isaiah 35:1-2, 6-7