The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us.  We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.

 

 

I was reminded of this wondrous truth: Imagine that Christmas, all of heaven watched, thousands upon thousands of angels watched Jesus leave his throne.  The word became flesh, God becoming man, the supernatural crashed into the natural, eternity collided with time.  

 

The baby 100% God, yet 100% man.  Let that simmer in your heart.

 

• Love was born that day.
• Hope was born that day.
• Truth was born that day.

The all-powerful became powerless in that moment, and the infinite became finite, He entered into the human experience.  Why?  So that He could be near us, this is the greatest gift ever given to mankind, that God would come to have a personal relationship with His creation, to step down and put humanity on and know us in a personal way, that we would know Him and that ultimately He would give Himself for us.    

 

Of all the gifts you and I will ever get, they will in no way compare to the gift of Christ.

 

 

The application here is to have a personal relationship with a personal God, who came down so that you could know Him personally.   To remember the sacrifice He made for you, that He held nothing back.

 

• Seek Him.
• Draw Near to Him.
• Be Transformed by Him.
• Be at Peace Because of Him.
• Discover Joy in Him.

 

It is my prayer that we would take a moment to reflect on Christ today, that it would impact our hearts, that we would in turn draw nearer today to Him, that our reflection would be on the relationship that He came to have, to reconcile us, to restore what was lost in Eden, that we would seek Him with all our hearts, in Jesus' name, Amen!