Grace in Full!

Grace in Full!

The Word became a human being and lived here with us. We saw his true glory, the glory of the only Son of the Father. From him the complete gifts of undeserved grace and truth have come down to us. John 1:14 CEV

One of God's greatest mysteries has got to be His son Jesus. We see God as the High and lofty One, the One called Omnipotent, Omniscient and Omnipresent. His power is seen in awesome and mighty ways, and his hand is seen at work in the fabric of creation. Through his spoken Word, He created the entire universe, putting each piece in its rightful place and placing limits on the scope and operation of each piece. That is the God who is introduced to us in the Bible.

There is also another side to this God that we do not seem to lay so much emphasis on. This same High and lofty One defines his Son as the Word, through whom and for whom all things were created, and then made manifest in the form of God's greatest creation- you and I. If God had stayed in heaven and prescribed a standard of behaviour, we would still have no choice but to obey, but God sent his own Son, in lowly human form, so He could identify with our humanity, walk in our shoes and help us overcome our weaknesses brought on by sin.

The Word came down in human form, lived with us, ate and drank with us, slept and was tired, was tempted as we are, was tried and persecuted for his belief in God, and also hated and loved in equal measure by man. Is there anything that is strange to us that has not happened to the Word in human form? Is there any experience I have had that would be seen as strange to the Word? Is there anything around me that is strange to the Word and has not been addressed by the written Word also?

In and around me, the glory of the Word is made obvious. Through him, grace, mercy and strength are released in abundant measure. In and through Him, I see myself for who I am, and what I could become. No other person or source can provide grace or give me the fulfilment a life in Christ can give. We forget so easily that we cannot create or modify life, but if only we would see God for who He is and what he has done for us, we would realise that we have received from God the greatest blessing any one could get, which is God himself. With him comes eternal life and all the other great things we desire; without Him, life would just be meaningless. Do you have the Word in you? Does He know you as His own? His time of favour is here.