Fourth Sunday of Advent

Incarnation

“Seeing is believing.” “Don’t judge someone until you’ve walked in their shoes.” Sentiments like these have woven themselves into the very fabric of our culture.  These statements communicate that we are a culture of experience and relationship. Until an idea has “flesh and bone” we typically fail to buy into it.  God knows this about us.  God knows the power of experience and the power of relationship…for He is the One who created us with those desires. And in His great love to fulfill His great plan of being our Rescuer, he meets us where we are at. The Incarnation – God Himself taking on flesh – shows the height, the width, the depth, and the breadth His love.  And more than that…He came humbly…as a baby born in a barn, wrapped in rags to keep Him warm, and placed in a manger.

Scripture: John 1:1-5, 14

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. In him was life, and the life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.

Christmas Hymn “What Child Is This?”

Sing or listen to "What Child Is This?", with our hearts gazing at the Christ Child, singing of the wonder of the Incarnation.