It wasn’t on this day, but it was on a day – a real day, a day in history, an actual event, something that really happened. Whatever day, whatever date, it actually was on the calendar, it was a day that can only be described as – glorious. Glorious because glory, the real glory, the glory of God, came down to earth.

Because, when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, born of a woman, born of a virgin; sent his Son who was perfect, holy, glorious. The Word became flesh who encamped alongside and among us.

Yes, he was God in the flesh from the moment the Spirit came upon Mary, implanting that divine embryo in her womb. He was God in the flesh as he developed and was fashioned within Mary for all those nine months. But on that day, that glorious day, God was born into the world of mankind, in the form of a little baby.

How could such a such a small package contain the fullness of the Godhead in bodily form? Why would God choose to put himself in such a fragile body? But we know why, don’t we?

Because God loved the people of the world that he had created so much that he sent the part of himself, known to us as the Son into the world, so that people like you and me, that he had created, could be saved.

Saved from what? Saved from ourselves and the horrible things we come up with to hurt others. Saved from pride that seeks its own way and will do whatever is necessary to satisfy the craving for things, the desire for gratification, seeking fulfillment of the insatiable appetite for more, and more, and more. He came to save us from our sin – our rebellion against his Truth, our desire to be in control, and all the brokenness that it leaves littered on the path of life lived for self.

Yes, God loved even me so much that he sent his only Son into the world, not to condemn me, but to save me, deliver me, even crush me, so he could form in me a new creation – the old gone away, the new coming more and more every day, filling me with his love, mercy, grace, peace, joy, goodness, kindness, self-control, patience, faithfulness, and gentleness.

No, it may not have been this day, but it was on a day – a real day, a day in history, an actual event, something that really happened. And on that day, Jesus was born to be Savior of all who would come to him, bow before him in humble submission, and allow him to come into their lives as Lord.

And that is what this day is to me. It’s Christ-mas Day, a day to worship Christ a little more than every other day.

Merry Christmas to all who worship Jesus with their lives, and to all upon whom the favor of his salvation rests!