A Series on the Milestones
in Jesus’ Life
Matthew 1:18-2:2; Luke 1:5-38
(Use the link below to read the verses.)
It’s
popular with today’s young marrieds to have either a baby reveal, or gender
reveal party.
Before
our first grandchild was born, our daughter had a baby reveal party. We didn’t
know that’s what it was at the time. We thought we were just going out for
dinner. But, when she had us each open a gift simultaneously, we learned
different. My gift was a book about how grandparents decide what name to be
called. And my wife’s was a picture of the ultrasound of our future
granddaughter.
No
matter how unique or amazing the reveal is though, none can compare with the
reveal God had planned for the birth of His son Jesus. His supernatural reveal
included angels announcing the impending birth, of not only Jesus, but also his
cousin. His miraculous reveal included a barren woman and a virgin becoming
pregnant.
And
after he was born, there was the little matter of a star in the sky that
astrologers from the east followed in order to worship him. But that’s the kind
of reveal that you would expect when the birth has been anticipated since the
beginning of time; when the baby is the Son of God.
In the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was
with God in the beginning. 3 Through him all things were made;
without him nothing was made that has been made. 4 In him was
life, and that life was the light of all mankind. 5 The light
shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. John 1 NIV
14 The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have
seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father,
full of grace and truth. John 1 NIV
God’s
best baby reveal ever does raise an interesting question. How was Jesus
revealed to you and to me?
For
me, his reveal wasn’t a one-time event, but a lifelong journey. It included
various people in my life; church camp as a teenager; hearing, studying,
meditating and memorizing God’s Word; sharing his love with others; even in writing
this weekly devotional, Jesus has been revealed to me.
How
has Jesus been revealed to you? More importantly, how does Jesus continue to
reveal himself to you? Maybe that should be our daily prayer; to ask him to
reveal himself to us… and through us, to others.
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