JOHN 1:14

The Word became flesh and blood, and moved into the neighbourhood. We saw the glory with our own eyes, the one-of-a-kind glory, like Father, like Son, Generous inside and out, true from start to finish. (MSG) 

TO PONDER: 

Have you ever asked a question related to the hiddenness of God, wondered why God was not obvious, or even cried out in desperation “Where are you God?” 

Well today’s verse doesn’t help with those questions, in fact the verse can, in a sense, rub salt into the times where God’s hiddenness is tangible, biting, hopeless. 

Jesus himself cried out in despair towards that same hiddenness of the Father when he uttered “Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?” (My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?) while he hung dying on the cross. 

And that can be the point of this verse, God himself became “flesh and blood,” leaving eternity to walk amongst us, experiencing the full gamut of human emotion, from joy to betrayal, from feasting to hunger, from love to heartache, from deep communion with the Father to experiencing the seemingly hiddenness of the one who says, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.” 

Jesus, God in the flesh became our neighbour to walk beside us in those times of hiddenness, in those times when we cry out “Jesus where are you?” His generous love is there with us. 

God himself, took the impossible step to restore relationship with Deity and humanity in the struggle of hiddenness when He walked in the garden crying out to humanity “where are you?” (Genesis 3:9). 

PRAYER: 

Almighty God, I thank you for moving into the neighborhood, becoming flesh and blood to restore the relationship between you and me. Amen. 

Today's devotion written by Danny Brock, LifeWay Westside.