Mary “laid him in a manger” (Luke 7). I’ve read this verse many times and yet as I read this today, I stopped in my tracks and re-read it. Isn’t this amazing? That Jesus, fully God, yet fully man was laid in a manger. Basically a feeding trough. A dirty container that held food for the animals. The Son of God was not born in a clean, dignified place as my 4 children were. The Son of God was born in a filthy place. Jesus took “the form of a servant” (Phil 2:7) in his birth, life and death when he stepped onto earth.
I’m amazed that God would come in such a humble way, as a lowly baby to live among sinful people then die in our place on the cross. He was born in humility and died in humility. May we be amazed as we celebrate his birth next week. May this amazement be worship of him, not just at Christmas-time, but the whole year long.
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