It’s amazing how this time of year causes us to turn our attention to the birth of Christ and the events surrounding His arrival. It is astounding to think of Deity dwelling on earth and living as one of us.
What was it like to watch Him crawl for the first time? Or lose His very first baby tooth? How did He play with the other children? Did He ever need discipline from His earthly parents?
Scripture reminds us ….
“So the Word became human and made his home among us.” (John 1:14, NLT)
His home. Among us humans. I have found myself thinking quite a bit about His experience with humanness. It is both astounding and humbling as I think on the importance of this:
- His humanness brought Him understanding of my humanness. “This High Priest of ours understands our weaknesses, for he faced all of the same testings we do, yet he did not sin” (Hebrews 4:15, NLT). I can come boldly to His throne and find mercy and grace when I need it most because He fully understands.
- His humanness brought Him the ability to help me in my time of need. “Therefore, it was necessary for him to be made in every respect like us, his brothers and sisters, so that he could be our merciful and faithful High Priest before God. Since he himself has gone through suffering and testing, he is able to help us when we are being tempted” (Hebrews 2:17, NLT).
- His humanness helps Him to remember. “For he knows how weak we are; he remembers we are only dust (Psalm 103:14, NLT). He remembers. He remembers the struggles, the pains, the hurts, the ups and downs of being human. And that remembrance moves Him to offer mercy and grace to us still struggling in our humanness.
There are days I struggle with being human. Probably most days. I get tired. Overwhelmed. Stressed. Cranky. Emotional. Worried. It is on those very days, I find He understands me most and comes to help me in my weakness.
All because He was born in the manger.
The Word became human.
And He remembers.
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Today I am joining with … Testimony Tuesday and Teaching What Is Good and Unite and Titus 2 Tues. and True Story .
Lots of “yeses” for these words. Our humanness which trips us up over and over is God’s gift to us so we may know Him and trust Him better. It is such beautiful thing. Have a blessed day.
Thank you, Mary. I am grateful that my humanness enables me to learn to trust Him more.
Love this post! The thing that astounds me about Jesus is that he willingly let Father rip open a hole in the heavens and he stepped out…all because he loved us, wanted to be with us, and wanted to save us. There are no words.
Holly, it truly is an amazing thing to sit & dwell on. And the more we think on it, the more we come to realize there will never be words. May we always be astounded by His birth!
I love that Hebrews 4:15 scripture: “He understands our weaknesses.” How amazing and how encouraging. I think we really cannot understand this. Thanks for sharing your thoughts.
Betsy, your comment made me realize that we will never be able to understand the depths to which He understands. Amazing!
Jesus was tempted in all points like we have been tempted, but He did not yield. He does understand our frame and our weaknesses and loves us just the same. Thanks for sharing with us here at Tell me a Story.
Astounding, isn’t it, Hazel!
My grandkids and I were just discussing why Jesus is called both Son of Man and Son of God. I’m so thankful God went His Son in human flesh, to feel and experience what we do.
Elizabeth, what a precious conversation to be able to have with your grandchildren! May God seal that conversation into their hearts & minds.