John leaned on Jesus at the Last Supper, stood firm
at the cross when others scattered, and sprinted to the empty tomb. Decades
later, this once fiery “Son of Thunder” has mellowed into the tender “Apostle
of Love,” writing to tell us what he knows firsthand: Jesus isn’t just a
teacher or prophet—He’s the eternal Creator and Sustainer of all things—full of
grace and truth.
When John declares, “And the Word became flesh and
dwelt among us” (John 1:14), he’s describing the greatest miracle in history.
The infinite became an infant. The Creator stepped into His creation. Heaven
moved into the neighborhood—and nothing was ever the same.
“The Word became flesh” isn’t poetic fluff—it’s a
thunderclap of truth. The eternal Logos, through whom all things were made
(John 1:3), didn’t just look human or wear a human disguise. He became
flesh. The Greek word egeneto means “to come into being.” This is the miracle
of the Incarnation: the eternal Son of God took on our humanity without losing
His divinity.
And “dwelt among us”? That’s tent talk. Literally,
it means He “pitched His tent” among us—just like God’s glory once filled the
Tabernacle (“Tent”) in the wilderness, now it filled a person: Jesus Christ.
Through Him, the invisible God became visible, touchable, knowable. He didn’t
shout truth from the clouds—He walked it out in sandals.
So how do we respond? By making room for Him to
“tabernacle” inside of us. The same Word who walked among on Earth so long ago,
now wants to live within us through His Spirit. “Don’t you know that you
yourselves are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in your midst?” (1 Corinthians
3:16) This truth is blazing through Scripture: God doesn’t just visit—He moves
in. He pitches His tent, fills us as His temple, and makes our hearts His home.
May Jesus—God made flesh—fill your heart with wonder today. May His nearness comfort you, His Word guide you, and His Spirit dwell richly within you. And may His glory shine through you, so others may see and believe.
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