John 1:1-18
Happy New Year, folks! And what a year it’ll be! It’ll be whatever He makes it for us, so long as we walk hand-in-hand with Him. Glory!
So today, a new year, a new goal – reading through the New Testament, chronologically, in short spurts, 20 to 25 verses per day. A few minutes to read and more time to reflect, to pick out that one (or more) verse(s) that struck you, that one truth you hadn’t seen before, what our pastor David has said, “Notice what you notice”.
So what did I notice today? Two things… First, And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us… (v. 14a) Having just gone through the Christmas season, the Incarnation, and reflecting on that – that Jesus, the Incarnate Word left His heavenly home and became man and lived fully within our sphere. That very thought just grabs me! What a step-down, all for love of us…! And the second thing that I saw was verse 17, For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. Those of us in RTB last year just finished reading through the Epistles, also chronologically, such that Hebrews was one of the last books we read, just finishing it in mid-December. And the author of Hebrews spent a lot of time talking about Moses and the Law and contrasting them with Jesus. So we’re coming full circle here – what we just read last year is being reinforced this year. Again, Glory!
Looking forward to many of you sharing whatever strikes you, blessing all the rest of us…!
Have a blessed year!
See also: January 1 (2019) / John 1:1-18