Christmas is a time to marvel in awe and gratitude at the lengths to which God has gone to show us His love and to save us.
The Creator came to His creation. The God of Heaven came to earth. The infinite God became an infant son.
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December 4
God Is Immeasurably Great and Unexpectedly Humble
The God of the universe, who is present everywhere, did not have a room to be born in “because there was no guest room available” (Luke 2:7). The Lord, whose royal robe filled the temple of heaven (Isaiah 6:1), became a baby who was wrapped in swaddling cloths (Luke 2:7). The King of Kings left His throne in heaven, surrounded by the unceasing praise of angels, to come to earth where He would ultimately receive a crown of thorns and hear crowds shouting, “Crucify him!” (Mark 15:13).
At Christmas, we stand in awe at the majesty and humility of God. He came not in power to kings in a palace, but in humility to ordinary shepherds in a small rural town of obscurity. The Lord comes to us not with an angry fist, shouting from heaven, but with an open hand and helpless cry from a manger.
“She gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in swaddling cloths and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn.”
Luke 2:7 ESV
Prayer
Lord, you are infinite in power, and yet you humbled yourself and became a man to seek and to save me. What a Savior! Thank you for your unfathomable love. In Jesus’ name, amen.
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