Jesus
Emmanuel--God with us
Jesus was God in flesh, God "with skin on" is what I tell little kids in church. God robed himself in flesh. He made himself needy, hungry and small. He made himself as needy as any newborn. The Christ-child was born as any baby is born.
The moment air filled his little lungs for the first time, he let out a painful cry and shivered in the cold night air that must have been in that stable. Soon his mother wrapped him in swaddling clothes and laid him in the manger. He needed his mother and he needed Joseph.
By being born of a woman God infused himself so much with humanity that he could not have stayed alive as a human without milk! He fully entrusted himself to a young Jewish girl named Mary.
Do you realize the power that is in this story?
God lived among us and will forever be a part of his creation. His intense love for us is proven over and over through Scripture.
When we say the name of Jesus we are saying Jehovah has become my Savior. The Messiah!
Ponder this for awhile....when we are baptized in Jesus' name, we have the blood of the God that became a Man who purchased our salvation washing our sins away.
Even Mary knew who her unborn child was......Luke 1:46 And Mary said, My soul doth magnify the Lord, And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour.
"God my Savior" is another way of saying the Christ child or Emmanuel. Isaiah, whose writings Mary understood declared,
I, [even] I, [am] the LORD; and beside me [there is] no saviour. (Isa. 43:11)
She knew what she was a part of; she knew who the babe was!
The Jews knew there was but one God and she knew that she was with child of that one God. Duet. 6:4
Glory to God in the Highest and on Earth Peace, Good will toward men!
Sunday, December 26, 2010
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
What do you do when your head and your heart don't agree?
When we know in our head that our decision is reasonable, but our heart is putting up quite a fuss, we need to step back and really wait on God. Or, when our heart is large and in charge, and has shut reason in the closet and locked the door. We need to stop and weigh things out. Where is the balance? Where do you we go for wise counsel? How do we make the right choices?
God loves all of us: the rational,logical people that are predictable and dependable, and those that think with their hearts and rush into actions without much forethought. He loves those that are a little bit of both and those that are too timid to make any decisions. But of all personality types, I believe God loves those that have a heart like King David. For the shepherd boy-turned king was a "man after God's own heart".
God was so much in love with humanity that he robed himself in flesh and "walked" his love. He was an irrational lover of our souls. His plan of redemption was reckless and fearless. He seemed to have stumbled into the first miracle and never looked back until he was being chased by those that wanted his life to be snuffed out. It was all prophesied and planned by God, but as Jesus moved throughout the countryside teaching and preaching he didn't seem to have a plan. In fact, when the people grew so hungry after listening to his teaching, the only food that would be found was the lunch of a little boy whose mother must have been one of those "planners". Jesus did a miraculous thing; he fed everyone (and their uncle) with just one little lunch.
I know those that never seem to plan ahead and those that are so thoughtful that they have trouble with deviation or transition of any kind.
Jesus understand all of these things.
If we are going to error, it's best to err on the side of the heart-led decisions. Jesus rewarded all those that used their talents to make more, but the one who counted the costs and found that there was too much risk in doing anything with the talents was judged harshly.
In first-aid and life saving techniques it's rarely a problem legally for someone who is trying to save your life if they make a mistake in the process. But to not try and help someone, there can be a potential lawsuit. The judges know the intent was to save a life.
Follow your heart. Let reason counsel with you, but let your heart believe and trust and act.
God loves all of us: the rational,logical people that are predictable and dependable, and those that think with their hearts and rush into actions without much forethought. He loves those that are a little bit of both and those that are too timid to make any decisions. But of all personality types, I believe God loves those that have a heart like King David. For the shepherd boy-turned king was a "man after God's own heart".
God was so much in love with humanity that he robed himself in flesh and "walked" his love. He was an irrational lover of our souls. His plan of redemption was reckless and fearless. He seemed to have stumbled into the first miracle and never looked back until he was being chased by those that wanted his life to be snuffed out. It was all prophesied and planned by God, but as Jesus moved throughout the countryside teaching and preaching he didn't seem to have a plan. In fact, when the people grew so hungry after listening to his teaching, the only food that would be found was the lunch of a little boy whose mother must have been one of those "planners". Jesus did a miraculous thing; he fed everyone (and their uncle) with just one little lunch.
I know those that never seem to plan ahead and those that are so thoughtful that they have trouble with deviation or transition of any kind.
Jesus understand all of these things.
If we are going to error, it's best to err on the side of the heart-led decisions. Jesus rewarded all those that used their talents to make more, but the one who counted the costs and found that there was too much risk in doing anything with the talents was judged harshly.
In first-aid and life saving techniques it's rarely a problem legally for someone who is trying to save your life if they make a mistake in the process. But to not try and help someone, there can be a potential lawsuit. The judges know the intent was to save a life.
Follow your heart. Let reason counsel with you, but let your heart believe and trust and act.
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