‘And Dwelt Among Us’

‘And Dwelt Among Us’

And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.

John 1:14

We go from considering the miracle of Christ’s incarnation to dwelling upon the wonder of His habitation with us. For God to visit humanity from time to time would be cause enough for wonder; but for God to robe Himself in human flesh and to actually dwell upon earth is more wonderful than anything of which we could conceive. It is true, for more than one reason. Philosophers have sought the ‘summum bonum’ or ‘highest good’ for centuries. They have cogitated diligently upon what is ‘the good life.’ In the Life of Christ, we behold the ‘summum bonum’ on full display. Here He lives in utterly selfless fashion, going about ‘doing good;’ living the irreproachable virtuous life. From the theological perspective, we understand that by that Life He was perfectly satisfying all of the demands of the Law of God. The death of Christ causes us even greater wonder. From an undeniably virtuous Life we see Him die a Substitutionary Atoning Death. This He accomplished absolutely and completely for the sake of others. Here is the wonderful result of God making His habitation with humanity. Here is ‘the Word’ becoming ‘flesh’ and ‘dwelling among us.’ Today, let us meditate upon the wonder of it, and of the Grace of Christ which made it so.

Our Gracious and Loving God,
we rejoice that Christ is our Immanuel.
We praise You, that He has dwelt among us,
for our eternal good,
and that because He has, we shall eternally dwell with Him.

Tomm Tice
Where the Bush is Burning