As we celebrate the glorious birth of Jesus, let us give thanks with hearts full of praise for all that He is and all that He accomplished for us.

When I meditate on the person and work of Christ, I have a sense of wonder when I consider the many paradoxes revealed in His Word.

He was born without sin so that He could die for sin. He was beaten so that sinners could be healed. He was rejected by men so that sinners could be accepted by God.

He used the foolish to confound the wise and the weak to subdue the strong. He makes His enemies His friends, the poor rich and sinners righteous. He exalts the humble and sets captives free.

He taught that giving is better than receiving, that believing must precede seeing, that one must lose his life to find it, that one must die to self to live and the last shall be first.  He divides earthly families while uniting His heavenly family.

The Lord’s incarnation began with the miracle of His conception and culminated with the miracle of His resurrection. He held no degree, yet He became the greatest of all teachers.

He was not a doctor, yet He healed multitudes of people where ever He went. Only once did he cross a border, yet His presence has been felt in every nation of the world. He never wrote a book yet countless books have been written about Him.

He was raised as a carpenter only to be nailed to a cross made of the very wood that He created. Herod could not kill Him, Satan could not defeat Him, death could not destroy Him and the grave could not hold Him.

There has been no greater triumph than His resurrection and no greater defeat than His victory over sin, death and Satan. Soon every knee will bow and every tongue will confess that Jesus is Lord.

Mike Gendron

HT: Proclaiming the Gospel Ministries

See also:

CHRIST JESUS GOD IN HUMAN FLESH

THE SHADOW OF HIS CROSS

BUT WE PREACH CHRIST CRUCIFIED