I’m so loving the “Rediscovering Christmas” Scripture reading plan. I know several hundred of you committed to reading through this plan over Christmas and I’m praying it’s impacting you like it is impacting me. It’s never too late to join us if you want.
One of the assigned scriptures I read this morning was John 1:14 which says…
“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.”
What a powerful verse reminding us of the beautiful miracle of Christmas. Reminds me of this quote from Fredrich Beuchner in Secrets in the Dark
Those who believe in God can never in a way be sure of Him again. Once they have seen him in a stable, they can never be sure where he will appear or to what lengths he will go or to what ludicrous depths of self-humiliation he will descend in his wild pursuit of man. If the holiness and awful power and majesty of God were present in this even, this birth of a peasant’s child, then there is no place or time so lowly and earthbound but that holiness can be present there also. And, this means that we are not safe, that there is no place where we can hide from God, no place where we are safe from his power to break in to and recreate the human heart because it is where he seems most helpless that He is most strong and just where we least expect Him that he comes most fully.
Part of the Christmas message is God telling his people, “You can’t predict me. I’ll show up anytime and anywhere. I’ll show up in the midst of the most unlikely circumstances and through the most unlikely people.”
Why?
Because I’m God and you’re not.
Have you seen God show up in any unlikely circumstances or through any unlikely people?
