A few years ago I had the opportunity to preach at a St Andrew's day service which fell on Advent Sunday. As I thought about St Andrew and Advent it did seem to me that Andrew can be a seen as an 'advent character'. From the little we know of Andrew from the Gospels the major characteristic which comes across was that he often cleared a path for others to meet with Jesus. It was Andrew who encouraged his brother Peter to come and meet Jesus. It was Andrew was brought the boy with the 5 loaves and fish to Jesus. It was Andrew who enabled some Greek speaking enquirers to get near to Jesus.
Andrew was not among the inner circle of the disciples like his brother. We learn precious little about him from the Gospels. A disciple who perhaps was very much in the background and yet whose quiet contribution was on occasions very telling. Praise God for Andrew and also for my native land on this St Andrew's day.
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