The Word Of Life
We declare to you what was from the
beginning, what we have heard, what we have seen with our eyes, what we have
looked at and touched with our hands, concerning the word of life – this life
was revealed, and we have seen it and testify to it, and declare to you the
eternal life that was with the Father and was revealed to us – we declare to
you what we have seen and heard so that you also may have fellowship with us;
and truly our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ. We
are writing these things so that our joy may be complete.
There are legends of ancient gods who descended from heaven and took human form, but no
one ever heard or saw them, and no one ever touched them. These were dreams
born of human desire for God and the hope that someday He would draw near. The
incarnation of Jesus – God who came in the flesh – is how those dreams came
true.
We are told that God can exact nothing
from man that He has not already exacted from Himself. He has Himself gone
through the whole of human experience, from the trivial irritations of family
life and the cramping restrictions of hard work and lack of money to the worst
horrors of pain and humiliation, defeat, despair, and death. When He was a man,
He played the man. He was born in poverty and died in disgrace and thought it
well worthwhile.
The incarnation of Jesus Christ is the
irrefutable proof that God will do anything to draw us near to Him.
We can trust
God’s account that he wants to be near to you and me.
Love was when
God
became a man.
Our Daily
Bread –