Luke writes the story for you and

me this Advent. He writes the story differently than his peers, Mathew, Mark and John. Luke writes in the detail his mind needs. The details are what's important to Luke. Certainty. Luke was not one of the twelve who followed Jesus day to day. He also was not a Jew. Luke, a gentile, invited in, grafted in, adopted. He needs to know the story, the parts that the Jewish people already know must be learned by Luke. All the details and prophecies are new to him. "I myself have carefully investigated everything from the beginning.” Luke writes. Perhaps he talks to the twelve, sits with Mary as she pours out all the things hidden in her heart. Luke takes it all in. He stands at the empty tomb and weeps. What a Savior Luke has found.

— December 11th One Baby For The World