In this edition of Thrive I have been including some collected pearls of wisdom from various authors. Today is Christmas, the celebration of that moment when God became incarnate in Christ. Consider this comment on the significance of the incarnation of Christ from a book called The Trinitarian Faith by the theologian T. F. Torrance:
“God is utterly ineffable and incomprehensible to us, for his sublime greatness and majesty infinitely exceed the capacity of human beings to know and describe him as he is in his own nature. However, while retaining inviolate the mystery of his own being, God has chosen to make himself known to us through a movement of love and infinite condescension in which he has drawn near to us by becoming incarnate in Jesus Christ, thereby bringing himself within the range of human knowing. Jesus Christ thus constitutes the bridge between God and man, between the invisible and the visible, the incomprehensible and the comprehensible, the immeasurable and the measurable.”
Without Jesus we only have a vague sense of some ‘god’ out there somewhere. But Jesus brings the Almighty God near to us in love and reconciliation. This is the ultimate gift we celebrate on Christmas day. Don’t settle for a distant relationship with God. Draw near to the one who draws near to you.
Thank God for his gift to us in Jesus Christ.
Read John 1:1-14
