From the Incarnation to the Exaltation

As I continue to ponder this great day of celebration and what it is we celebrate I am overjoyed at the thought of God becoming man.  But it does not stop there.  I mean if God became man just to be a good example for us then we would be left frustated at trying to follow his example and failing at it without any hope of change.

But praise to God that he did not leave us in the state we were in!  He did not just come to be an example for us but came to save us from our sins.  Matthew 1:21 says “She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus,because he will save his people from their sins.”  It is only through Jesus Christ can we have any hope to change.  It is only by calling on the name of Jesus and putting our faith and trust in him alone can we have any hope of changing our lives.  Jesus is our only hope, he is the reason for the season, he is the one we celebrate.

But yet it does not end there either.  One day each and every person will recognize the Jesus is the Lord of the Universe and will bow before him.  Philippians 2:9-11 “Therefore God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.” Don’t wait until this point when it will be to late but bow before him now and make him the Lord of your life now!  He is waiting with open arms.

Incarnation

Each year at Christmas I try to focus on a different aspect of this great story of Jesus Birth.  This year I have been thinking and pondering the issue of the incarnation.  The idea that God could become man.  Not only did God become man but he became a babe in a manger.  Wow!  This is a concept that I can not even begin to wrap my mind around. 

I have been pondering the scripture in John 1:1,14. “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God….. The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.”

Also consider Luke 2:6-7  “While they were there, the time came for the baby to be born, and she gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.”

Imagine this the God who created everything was born to the woman he created and laid in a manger that was made from trees he created.  God loves us so much that he chose to come and dwell among us.  Yet he did not chose to come as a king or be born in a palace, but to a lowly couple in a place that you and I would never have to be born in. 

 

Let us worship together the One who came to us from the Father full of grace and truth!