Good morning, Lord Jesus. Open the eyes of my heart to see You. Open the ears of my heart to hear You. Now I watch and wait in the silence before You, as You draw me into the communion of prayer with You. ...
"While they were there, the time came for (Mary) to deliver her Child. And she gave birth to her firstborn Son and wrapped Him in bands of cloth, and laid Him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn" (Luke 2:6-7).
You lay in a manger, not a mansion. You were surrounded by animals, not armies. You humbled Yourself to be born as human child from the womb of a humble woman, not descending as God in all Your glory from heaven. You chose to be born in the manger of humanity. What contrast to all the mythologies of the so-called gods of the various cultures of the earth. You are the God, so secure and mighty in Your identity and glory, that You desired to set aside the glory of heaven to humble Yourself in human form, to live among us as one of us, to show us the nature of life lived in deepest intimacy with God (Philippians 2:5-8).
"And the Word became flesh and lived among us, and we have seen His glory, the glory as of a father's only son, full of grace and truth.... From His fullness we have all received, grace upon grace. The law indeed was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. No one has ever seen God. It is God the only Son, who is close to the Father's heart, who has made Him known" (John 1:14-18).
In this Christmas season, when all the world seems to be exceptionally open to hear the story and come to see the Child who born in the manger, let us look closely to see Your heart for us. Let us see the One who makes known to us "the Father's heart." Your heart is humble and tender to draw near to us as we draw near to You (James 4:8). In the birth of Christ, You have drawn near to us in the very nature of us, that we could best understand Your heart toward us. "All this is from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ ... that is, in Christ God was reconciling the world to Himself, not counting their trespasses against them ..." (2 Corinthians 5:18-19).
Yes, Lord. Let me embrace this Christ Child who has come to reconcile me to God and God to me. Let me embrace the One who has humbled Himself to draw near to me so that I may draw near to Him. "O come let us adore Him, Christ the Lord." In Jesus' name I pray, Amen.
Be encouraged today! In the Love of Jesus, Tommy Hays
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"While they were there, the time came for (Mary) to deliver her Child. And she gave birth to her firstborn Son and wrapped Him in bands of cloth, and laid Him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn" (Luke 2:6-7).
You lay in a manger, not a mansion. You were surrounded by animals, not armies. You humbled Yourself to be born as human child from the womb of a humble woman, not descending as God in all Your glory from heaven. You chose to be born in the manger of humanity. What contrast to all the mythologies of the so-called gods of the various cultures of the earth. You are the God, so secure and mighty in Your identity and glory, that You desired to set aside the glory of heaven to humble Yourself in human form, to live among us as one of us, to show us the nature of life lived in deepest intimacy with God (Philippians 2:5-8).
"And the Word became flesh and lived among us, and we have seen His glory, the glory as of a father's only son, full of grace and truth.... From His fullness we have all received, grace upon grace. The law indeed was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. No one has ever seen God. It is God the only Son, who is close to the Father's heart, who has made Him known" (John 1:14-18).
In this Christmas season, when all the world seems to be exceptionally open to hear the story and come to see the Child who born in the manger, let us look closely to see Your heart for us. Let us see the One who makes known to us "the Father's heart." Your heart is humble and tender to draw near to us as we draw near to You (James 4:8). In the birth of Christ, You have drawn near to us in the very nature of us, that we could best understand Your heart toward us. "All this is from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ ... that is, in Christ God was reconciling the world to Himself, not counting their trespasses against them ..." (2 Corinthians 5:18-19).
Yes, Lord. Let me embrace this Christ Child who has come to reconcile me to God and God to me. Let me embrace the One who has humbled Himself to draw near to me so that I may draw near to Him. "O come let us adore Him, Christ the Lord." In Jesus' name I pray, Amen.
Be encouraged today! In the Love of Jesus, Tommy Hays
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