The
great and astonishing thing that Christmas tells is that God, the
Uncreated Greatest of all beings, comes into His creation as a “Son”
and descends to the lowest, meekest, weakest, state we know, that of
abused servant and finally death.
Once again we see how the Bible uses literary patterns to make
the point so clearly. In
Philippians we have a hymn, or poem (actually a chiasm where first and
last lines “match”, then second and next to last lines “match”
etc. until there is a “summit” verse which becomes the point of the
passage) that shows us not only the Christmas story but also the Easter
story in only a few lines. We
have Creator, Son, Servant, Cross, death, resurrection and Jesus’
Lordship over all of creation in 5 verses.
Spend
some time reflecting, not on what this means for us, nor on what we
should do, nor on what the implications of this passage might b for you,
rather simply reflect on God.
Spend a little time allowing yourself to comprehend how totally
and completely different the God of Christianity is to that which every
other religion on earth offers.
All other religions have a founder who tells us how to find God.
The God of Christianity leaves Heaven and seeks us out at not cost to
us, but at incredible cost to Himself.
I
am more blown away by this today than ever before.
And, the more I “get it”, the more I find myself growing
deeply in love with God who has revealed Himself to us in Jesus Christ.
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