Colossians 1:15 (ESV)
[15] He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation.
This is the great mystery of Christmas that the invisible God took on flesh becoming a man. The scriptures teach that no man can see God, that he is a spirit and that the closest any man came to seeing God was when Moses saw the backside of God's glory. When Jesus was born mankind saw God come in human form. They didn't see what God looks like, but they saw God.
He created all things. He existed before all things, and all things are held together by him. There are things that we can see and things that we cannot see, but he brought them all into existence. Science can seek to understand what is there, but it cannot explain where it came from. Something cannot come from nothing. Everything finds its source in this one who humbled himself taking on the form of man though he is the image of the invisible God.
This is the mystery and wonder of Christmas. We try hard during the holiday season to create a sense of mystery and wonder for our children, and that's appropriate. But, the greatest mystery and the greatest wonder is that eternal God would come as a man for the express purpose of dying on a cross in order to reconcile broken, rebellious people to himself. That is mystery and that is wonder.
Father as we rapidly approach the day we have chosen to celebrate the birth of your Son may I get lost in the wonder of this truth that you loved me and that your Son chose to become man for my sake.
By His grace,
Rick Weinert
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