Advent Hope is Our Unshakable Hope

This powerful exploration of Advent hope from John 1 reminds us that our hope isn't built on circumstances, finances, relationships, or our own abilities—all shakable foundations that will eventually collapse like a broken chair. Instead, we discover that Advent hope is rooted in an unshakable reality: the God who created the world stepped into the world to save it. John's Gospel opens with the cosmic declaration that Jesus is the eternal Word, the same God who spoke light into darkness at creation. This same Jesus speaks into our chaos, our darkness, and our deepest struggles. What makes this hope truly unshakable is that it's not a philosophy or a force—it's a person. Jesus didn't wait for us to clean ourselves up before coming to us. He came to His own people who rejected Him, pursued us while we were still sinners, and entered the darkest places of human experience. Like Corrie Ten Boom discovered in a Nazi concentration camp, there is no darkness the love of Christ cannot reach. We're challenged to bring our hidden struggles, secret sins, and masked pain into His light—not for shame, but for redemption. When we receive Jesus, we receive a new identity with legal rights as children of God, complete authority to walk in freedom, and the guarantee that the same God who came once will come again to complete our salvation.