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Max Lucado Daily Devotional 23 November 2022 | Wednesday Inspirational Message.
Read Max Lucado Daily Devotional MessageTOPIC: God Gave Us Himself
For thousands of years, God gave us his voice. Prior to Bethlehem, he gave us his messengers, his teachers, his words. But in the manger, God gave us himself.
Many people have trouble with such a teaching. Some teach that God is One who sends others—angels, prophets, books, but God is too holy to come to us himself. For God to touch the earth would be what is called a “shirk.” People who claim that God has touched the earth shirk God’s holiness. They make him gross; they blaspheme him.
Christianity, by contrast, celebrates God’s great descent. His nature does not trap him in heaven, but leads him to earth. In God’s great gospel, he not only sends, he becomes. He not only talks to us, he lives with us, as one of us.
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Max Lucado Daily Devotional 23 November 2022 Message. Max Lucado is a pastor, speaker, and best-selling author who, in his own words, “writes books for people who don’t read books.” He serves the people of Oak Hills Church in San Antonio, Texas, and his message is for the hurting, the guilty, the lonely, and the discouraged: God loves you; let him. Read More About Max Lucado.