The Word Became Flesh
Read John 1:14
Today’s Truth
Jesus willingly accepted our limitations and weaknesses, our temptations, trials, and troubles. For thirty years he lived a poor, simple, anonymous life enduring all that is foul, frail and fragile about our existence. Then, coming full circle, He was wrapped and laid in another cave just up the road in Jerusalem after bearing the crushing weight of all our sin on the Cross.
Sometimes, when we don’t dress up Christmas, when we peer into the darker, painful side of His Nativity and life, we see the greater glory of His grace and truth. He came to be among us, to be one of us, to be with us even in the darkest caverns of our world. He came to be the Light which the darkness has not overcome. He came to lead us into the Light. He came so we would be His Light in the world.
His mission is our mission. Celebrate His birth this year by taking a step into someone else’s darkness. Offer a listening ear, a helping hand, a comforting presence, an invitation to believe, a generous gift that provides a need. Enter in as He did, quietly, anonymously, humbly.
Discussion Questions
- Where do you long to find Jesus most?
- Look for opportunities today to slow down and worship, to get low and remember the weight and the sacrifice of what it meant for the Word to become flesh. Write some of those down.
Application
Please become flesh in each one of us so that, through our words and deeds, those walking in darkness will see Your glory, grace and truth. Help me not to move through today so quickly that I miss the beauty and the mystery of the Incarnation. Let today be full of worship and adoration to you, our King.
