In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things came into being through Him, and apart from Him nothing came into being that has come into being. In Him was life, and the life was the Light of men. The Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it…
 
In the introduction of John’s gospel, we are given a glimpse into the origin of the cosmos and we find, mysteriously, it is ordered around the Word – a fact overlooked by the wise men of this world such as Carl Sagan and Steven Hawking. Even though all men were the beneficiaries of the Light of Life, John tells us, the darkness did not comprehend the bright Word. Yet, The Word is not deterred. He continued in His plans to make Himself known to those created in His image. So that no man would miss this effort, The Word sent John the Baptist to announce His coming. 
 
There came a man sent from God, whose name was John. He came as a witness, to testify about the Light, so that all might believe through him. He was not the Light, but he came to testify about the Light. There was the true Light which, coming into the world, enlightens every man.
 

Even after John fulfills his prophetic duties as the herald of The Word, the intended audience, the Jewish nation, was clueless. That the Creator of the Cosmos personally shows up and goes unrecognized (and ultimately brutalized) by His chosen people has to be the most tragic event in human history.

He was in the world, and the world was made through Him, and the world did not know Him. He came to His own, and those who were His own did not receive Him.

Still yet, The Word is undeterred. He continued in His mission to make Himself known….. and to the astonishment of the cosmos, He does so as a loving Father…. 

 … ..But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, even to those who believe in His name, who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God.

That the same Word that breathed the cosmos into existence aspires to not only reveal Himself but adopt us is the single-most amazing thing to me I have ever encountered. That a God of ultimate power and glory would become flesh, like me, in order to finally convey what He is really like and what He is really up to overwhelms my intellect yet utterly wins my spirit. 

And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we saw His glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth.

Father, we pray that the morning star would arise in our hearts; that every obstacle that would keep Truth from embracing us entirely would be demolished.  Assault the strongholds of our hearts where we have learned to resist love. Draw us out from behind our defenses and convey Fatherhood to our spirits in ways that mend us emotionally and restore us to a flow of Your Holy Spirit. Amen.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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