The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth. NIV.

In our recent readings in 2 Corinthians, our attention has been arrested by the theme of ‘’glory’’. We have seen that the glory of the New Covenant far surpasses that of the Old. With all of this in mind, for Christmas morning, my thoughts turned to this familiar verse in John chapter one. What a beautifully economical statement of the truth of the incarnation:

‘Our God contracted to a span, incomprehensibly made man’ is how Charles Wesley framed it.

There is a real sense in which every Christian can say, ‘’We have seen his glory’’ – not in the way the apostles did; they who were with Him in His days on earth. But our seeing of ‘’his glory’’ is no less real and transformative. Also, as we saw yesterday, it is as we continue to behold ‘’his glory’’ that we are changed into his likeness ‘’with ever increasing glory’’. This is the sanctifying work of the Holy Spirit in our lives.

PRAYER: On this Christmas Day, Lord, cause many people in our world turn from the trivia and fripperies to see you in all your glory.