During December I've worked my way through Tim Chester's 'The One True Light' book, which are readings for Advent from the gospel of John. It's been great!
Here is an extract from one of my favourite days...
God takes on flesh. God lies in a manger. God plays with other children. God eats round the table. God sweats on the roadside. God sleeps in the boat. God shares our human weakness. God experiences our temptations.
This is the wonder of the incarnation. God is clothed in human flesh: 'For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity lives in bodily form.' (Colossians 2:9). It's as if the splendour of God has been squeezed into a human body. Imagine trying to pack all your possessions into a suitcase - squashing it, pushing it, sitting on it, trying to cram them all in. That is what God did at the incarnation. He took the fullness of the Deity and squeezed it into bodily form. And nothing was left out. Jesus is truly divine and truly human. Christmas marks the coming of God.
Christianity is not a call to embrace a system of thought or a religion or a moral code. It's the invitation to embrace a person - or rather to be embraced by a person. It's the invitation to look to Jesus and see in him the kindness, glory, beauty, power and holiness of God.
The Word became flesh. Wisdom became flesh. Love became flesh. Holiness became flesh. Justice became flesh. Truth became flesh. And his name is Jesus.
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