And We Beheld His Glory

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 

From considering the miracle of Christ’s Incarnation, to the wonder of His habitation with us, we come today to consider the glory of His Revelation. Our text declares, ‘we beheld His glory.’ What is remarkable is that John, in writing, is about to detail the earthly ministry of Christ. Here is the work of Divinity robed in the cloak of humanity.  This is not the glory of the Resplendent Monarch which John would describe later in Revelation. This is the work of the Carpenter of Galilee. What was the ‘glory’ that they would see?  It would be the ‘glory’ of water turned into wine. It would be the ‘glory’ of a fallen woman transformed into an ardent missionary for Christ. It would be the ‘glory’ of ‘gracious words’ that would proceed out of His mouth. It would be the ‘glory’ of the healing of the lame man at the pool of Bethesda, of the feeding of the 5,000; of the walking on the water; of the exposure of the hypocrisy of the Pharisees; of the healing of the man born blind, and of the raising of Lazarus from the dead. These revelations were so glorious that John would declare that ‘these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing you may have life in His Name.’  If this glorious revelation was so great, how much greater must the Glory of His Exaltation be. It is our high privilege, in looking into His Word to say, ‘we beheld His Glory.’ 

Our most Wonderful and Wise God, 
we praise You, for Your revelations of Glory,  
through the Person of Christ our Savior. 
We praise You, that even in the most mundane affairs of life, 
where He intercedes, we may still behold His Glory. 

Tomm Tice
Where the Bush is Burning