September 26, 2013
All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet: “Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and they shall call his name Immanuel” (which means, God with us). Matthew 1:22-23
As you might have noticed by the date of writing, contemplation's of the eternal Son of God incarnate is a privilege we have as His followers to think of at anytime of the year. In fact we are encouraged to have this mind in ourselves which is ours in Christ Jesus, who though He was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied Himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. And being found in the human form, he humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death upon a cross. And yet it seemed appropriate to wait to share these thoughts at such a time as this.
This prayer I pray for you today
And trust throughout the year
That God Himself will draw you close
And make Himself more dear,
Than anything that you may grasp
With hands or thoughts of mind.
As He, Himself surpasses all
We think or feel, or find
In fleeting pleasures of this world
Though good, they won’t transcend
The greatest Treasure given
With His glory as our end.
For when He sent His Son, as babe,
In lowly manger’s hay,
The promise of eternal life
Came down to earth that day.
And though so many see Him not
By grace through faith alone;
He did indeed, go to the cross
And with His blood atone
For all who would believe and turn
From sin, with this in mind,
Into our hearts the glory of
Our God, in Christ has shined.
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