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.
I just love that Scotty Smith describes John 1 as the opening movement of a grand symphony. The birth of Christ is certainly that! It is through this opening movement that we come to see Immanuel – God with us.
This is the Incarnation or the term used to describe what happened when the eternal Son of God, "became flesh" as he was miraculously conceived in the womb of the Virgin Mary. In the incarnation, the divine nature of the Son was perfectly united with human nature in one divine Person. This person, our Jesus was "truly God and truly man."
As you continue to think about this (pray about it) I become a little overwhelmed that my Lord and Savior would leave the perfections of heaven to enter the world to go from the glory of Heaven to a manger – a trough for animals, would willingly enter the world to experience the lowest, the worst, the least; just for us.
Verse 14 says he made his dwelling among us and that he came from the Father full of grace and truth. Amazing! Spurgeon said of this verse that Christ is not just the picture of grace and truth, but that Christ is the reality of grace and truth! And to me it is that reality that lets us see; lets us experience grace and truth, lets us experience forgiveness, redemption, restoration; lets us know the love of God as His children.
This special season my heart is so full of thanks, I am filled with adoration, a thankful heart for what has come through the birth of Christ while at the same time I am expectantly hopeful for all that is to come with His return!
Grace and Peace!
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