In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. ... The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.
All true ministry should be "incarnational" and come to life in real people. God's words should come alive in people-to-people contact, human touch, and genuine physical care. God's word is not just something cerebral we use to entertain our brains. It must come to life in real people. We know this because God's greatest Message, his living Word, Immanuel, God with us, did just that (
Matthew 1:23). God's incarnate Word made his home with us and lived among us as one of us to fully reveal God to us (
John 1:14,
18 - our verses for today!). If we want to know God, we come to Jesus and see God's love, truth, grace, holiness, faithfulness, righteousness, will, and kindness shared with people like us. We have seen God's glory come to life in a real human being. We call him the Word, the Message of God, our Jesus!
Glorious Father, thank you for showing yourself to us in Jesus, your living Word. Thank you, Jesus, for teaching and showing us the Father's truth and love while living in human flesh. Holy Spirit, thank you for living in us and being the Anointing that leads us into all truth about Jesus, the living Word.* Thank you, O God, for not just speaking in human words - which is wonderful and incredible - but also becoming the living Word that gives us life in Jesus! In the mighty name of your living Word, the
Lord Christ, my Jesus, I pray. Amen.
*
1 John 2:20,
27.
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