Read Daily Bread Devotional for Today – 7th December 2022 Message. As you study today’s devotional, remember this; “Work hard so you can present yourself to God and receive his approval. Be a good worker, one who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly explains the word of truth.” 2 Timothy 2:15 (NLT)
TOPIC: Like Us in Every Way
SCRIPTURE READING: HEBREWS 2:10-18
KEY VERSE: He had to be made like them, fully human in every way. . . . — Hebrews 2:17
Daily Bread Devotional for Today – 7th December 2022 MESSAGE
In the Christmas song “Hark! the Herald Angels Sing” we might recognize the words “veiled in flesh the Godhead see; hail the incarnate Deity.” And if we’re in a thoughtful mood, we might wonder at the mystery of the Word becoming flesh, of God becoming one of us.
In a sermon years ago, I quoted from a song called “One of Us.” In its own way, the song wonders about the incarnation: “What if God was one of us? Just a slob like one of us?” I got in trouble for that. I was told, “God is not a slob!” Well, of course not.
Yet there is something scandalous about the incarnation, isn’t there?
We know what it’s like to be embodied creatures. Sure, there’s the “glory and honor” of being human (Psalm 8:5): the beauty and strength and intelligence. But there’s also the other side: the homeliness, the weakness, the aches and pains. And there’s the harsh truth that sometimes we are slobs.
That’s why we can’t imagine God really becoming one of us. God is lovely and lofty, perfect and pure. How could such a God get mixed up in the mess of being human, as human as any of us? But that’s the truth and the scandal of the incarnation. The eternal Son of God abandons the perfections of divinity to take on the flaws of humanity. And he does it out of love.
PRAYER FOR TODAY: Jesus, we can hardly imagine what you gave up to take on what we know in our bones. But that’s what you did for us, and we are amazed. Amen.
Thank you for reading Daily Bread Devotional for Today – 7th December 2022 written by Bob Arbogast. Bob Arbogast is the pastor of Celebration Fellowship church in Ionia, Michigan. In his spare time, he plays guitar in a West Michigan blues band. He and his wife Jan have been married forty years and have three adult daughters. Bob has been praying the psalms since 2002.. Read More
