Suggested Reading: John 1: 1-18
Do
you like being confused?
I
don’t. I like to understand things. If I don’t understand something, I study,
research, and ponder. I pick it apart mentally, and sometimes physically, to
try to see what makes it work, to unravel the mystery.
This
curiosity and desire to understand is a gift from God. Many of the mysteries of
life are like puzzles we are meant to explore and solve. God made us curious
and put us into a world full of puzzles and conundrums. It must bring Him joy
to watch us puzzling over things and solving problems. I know I enjoy figuring
things out.
Some
things are beyond us because they are too small and we do not have the tools to
see or understand them – like atoms. No one has ever seen an atom, or an
electron. We know they exist and we can interact with them, but even with our
finest tools, we cannot actually see them. Not yet, but someday we might.
But
there are other things that are beyond us, not because they are too small, but
because we are. God’s thoughts and abilities are so far beyond ours that we
will never understand them. There are mysteries that are meant to inspire awe and
to remind us that we are small.
These
awe-inspiring mysteries cause us to place our hands over our mouths like Job
and shake our heads in wonder. The incarnation is one of these mysteries.
How
can a human body contain the Creator of the universe? At 93 million miles, we
are at a safe distance from the Sun. Any closer and we would be destroyed by
the heat and power. But the One who made the Sun, and all the stars that dwarf
the Sun, was crammed into the womb of a teenage girl; and yet, she was not
destroyed. The baby was born, wearing skin like ours, and this God-man walked
among us and lived with us, and we were not consumed.
This
is a mind-boggling, dizzying mystery, and the common ordinary story of
Christmas.
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Questions:
What
aspects of God or His character confuse or perplex you?
How
can you celebrate the awesome mystery of Christ today?
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