Exterior design is changing everywhere in this season of Advent. The exterior designs are nice, but they will do us no ultimate good because in the end it is interior design that counts. The new interior design will not be the result of something we do, but the result of something we allow to have happen to us. I assure you of this: God desires to do something inside us. God desires for something in the interior of our lives to be made new in this season. And there is the possibility that we might miss that crossing point.

There is help from our text. In this text, Jesus, at the end of his ministry, gives us advice that we can apply to the moment we anticipate his birth. The words of Jesus, taken out of context, can help us in this Advent adventure. Jesus said, "Observe, watch, get ready."…