John 1:1-14 There is a person who knows and understands you. His
name is Jesus Christ. We need to remember, especially today, that there was a
nativity. Jesus entered time and space
to be human just like you.
In that manger, the Son of God didn’t just insert
Himself into human activities. He inserted Himself in the grittiness of human
flesh. He was also a person who knew pain and anger. He became angry Himself on
occasions, and ultimately was the victim of anger. This life that you live;
your struggles, your anger, your weakness, your woes, your sorrows - your Lord
knows all. Even your joys exactly. Because He became a man.
The coming of Jesus into our world changes everything.
For we do not have a God who was too proud to know His people. Or, a God
content to rule from a great distance. Or, a God whose majesty was too awesome
for us to behold. We have just the opposite. Jesus the son of Mary and Joseph
experienced the very same humanity, the very same problems, and the very same
challenges that we do.
No, you do not walk this road alone. Jesus is the God
who came down from heaven. He was that man. “He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows and acquainted
with grief. Surely he has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows; yet we
esteemed him stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted. But he was pierced for
our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the
chastisement that brought us peace, and with his wounds we are healed.
–Isaiah 53:3-5
We are living in a broken world outside of Eden. We
live in a world filled with disappointment, wounds and loss. Today, show your
scars to Jesus and He will show you His. He will take your scarred heart in his
scarred hands and love you, and love you, and love you still more; until all
that matters is not the scar upon your heart, but the scar embedded in His
hand.
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