There's no way Mary, Joseph, the shepherds, and townspeople could have fully understood all that was transpiring when Jesus was born into a Bethlehem stable. But the author of Hebrews displays for us, with unparalleled beauty, the supernatural purposes and magnificent blessings of God's Son coming to earth.

All of us go through seasons of doubt and despair where our first response is to search out an answer, asking, "What should I do?" or "What is the answer?" But in this message, we see that the solution to life's great problem is not a "What" but rather a "Who."

In December 2023, TIME Magazine dubbed Taylor Swift their person of the year, stating she's become the world's "light" in darkness. As with every generation, the Bible reminds us of the true Light, the Redeemer who solves mankind's woes with eternal answers.

In times of social or personal despair, it's easy to forget that our God is all sovereign, all knowing, and all loving, and that no matter how discouraging our circumstances, everything is absolutely guaranteed to culminate for His glory and our good.