WEEK 1 - REAWAKENING TO THE GLORY OF CHRIST
During His Incarnation, the glory of Christ is often veiled, and we see His humility. But His glory has existed from eternity past and will continue into eternity future. Even during His Incarnation, His glory is seen from time to time. This week’s devotionals unpack various aspects of the glory of Christ so that we will find ourselves caught up in worship.
DAY ONE - THE ETERNALITY OF CHRIST - JOSE MARTINEZ
But you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah, who are too little to be among the clans of Judah, from you shall come forth for me one who is to be sruler in Israel, whose coming forth is from of old, from ancient days. Micah 5:2
This is the story of God’s love. A story in which the Heavenly Father stepped down into the limits of time, where a sweet, little visitor from heaven approached Bethlehem, a little town surrounded by crumbling walls.
The visitor was the baby in whom the greatness and glory of the Creator became a mere human. Throughout His life, the love of the Father took this visitor through the difficult trials of humanity. He experienced much pain, loneliness, and rejection. He was despised and cast out. But He was loved. Even more than that, He was love.
This visitor is also the Great Judge. He walked to the end of the road with the heavy weight of our guilt on His shoulders, ready to be humiliated, abandoned, slapped in the face, and rejected on a cross for our sake.
This humiliated visitor, resurrected and exalted, later regained control of all things, and as a tender shepherd, took care of His lambs and continues to do so. The greatness of His name leads us to the security of His eternal love that is safe and peaceful.
He came from eternity to humanity and back to eternity, making the great, if at all possible, greater still.
This is Jesus, our Lord. He is a great mystery—not fully understood, but believed and treasured by those who accept such a high-priced gift—unmerited, undeserved, and available only by grace though faith. He was brought by the Father to a decaying world that was and is in need of a touch from beyond time, from beyond humanity.
PRAYER POINTS:
1. Ask the Lord to help you delight in the unfathomable reality of the Incarnation.
2. Pray that He will lead you to be thankful and worshipful.
3. Ask Him to guide you into a life worthy of such love.
