a man

Over the last few weeks, I have been struck with the reality that God became a man. Flesh and bone. Human. I know that I know this. But it often doesn't sink in. I forget who was talking about it, but someone said that for most people in the world, the idea of God leaving heaven and becoming a human being is completely foreign almost unheard of. Yet we in Christendom have become so accustomed to hearing this, that the significance of this beautiful truth easily becomes overlooked and common.

God taking on flesh is anything but common. I have been reading through Luke, and my favorite part of it so far has been the detailed account of the birth of Christ. Luke spends a good two chapters recounting the infant Christ. God as a fetus.

I often forget that I am loved by a person. I often forget that it is a person I am praying to. I often forget that when I sin, I hurt a person. I've just been challenged these past few weeks to reexamine the truth of the person of Jesus Christ. I am amazed by the fact that right now, He is sitting on the throne, yet He is with me at the same time. Until the day we see Him face to face.



JN


"The Word became flesh and dwelt among us" John 1:14