On the one hand, you are already heavily involved in waiting, and anticipating, and hoping. After all, it is the final week of classes; one week away from final exams. It is natural that these days would be spent looking up, looking ahead, trying to discern what is needful and how you might obtain it.
But anticipating the end of the semester differs from anticipating the arrival of our Messiah. The latter has far greater consequences than maintain our GPR or holding on to our scholarship.
As we watch and wait and anticipate, it is important that we continually remind one another that we are looking up, looking forward to something which will not merely affect our next semester in school; we are anticipating that which will change our lives.
Perhaps we are so exhausted by the waiting and anticipating and hoping with regard to our semester's worth of work which contributes to a tendency to short-change the work of preparing for Messiah. Moving through the one time of travail is enough; why would we do it again? It is understandable. But that does not make it less regrettable.
Yes, these are busy times. Yes, there is already so much to do. But find times during the days of Advent to look beyond that which lies immediately before you. Make sure to anticipate the greater significance of your life and of your relationship with God. Make ready for the arrival of Christ; prepare a place for Him in our life and in your thoughts.
Advent all too often gets lost among those of us involved in Campus Ministry. I pray that we would prevent it from doing so, completely.
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