Week Three, Day Four: Look Up, Your Redemption is Drawing Near

²⁸Now when these things begin to take place, stand up and raise your heads, because your redemption is drawing near.”
Luke 21:28

The example of the trapped miner is an appropriate one. Trapped underground, feeling like all hope is lost, suddenly there is a sound from above. The miner looks up, hears and sees his rescuers and replies "here I am!" In many ways, we too are trapped and looking "down." You can begin with the Advent season and think about all the ways we "look down," but extend it outwards to the entire year. In what ways are we "looking down?" We are concerned with so many things that we get caught up in our ways and our wants. There is a fine balance to strike, though. Should you spend all of your time "looking up," ignoring the things of the earth? Probably not! I heard a saying once that seems to apply to this situation "keep my feet on the ground but my head in the clouds." There are things that we should concern ourselves with in our temporal place, but even greater are those that are to come. Look up from time to time!