Week 4, Tuesday: No More Lists

Read Luke 2:25-32
Christmas seems to be all about lists. Santa, of course, has THE list, or two, really. Lists of the naughties and the nices. Then the adults have lists of things to do and all the kids have the lists of things they want.

Simeon didn't have a list. He only had one thing he was waiting for: comfort from God. And God had told him he wouldn't die until he saw it.

Then one day, he feels compelled to go to the temple, where he sees a baby that's barely a week old. And Simeon is completely satisfied. He didn't need to live on until the baby grew up and did something. He didn't need to wish for the day Israel would be out from under the Romans. Having the chance to just see Jesus and know he was alive was all Simeon needed in order to have peace and joy.

What's on our lists this Christmas? What are we waiting and hoping for? Will we recognize Jesus as being enough?