He is Emmanuel – God with Us!

 

Matthew 1:23, “The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel—which means, “God with us.”

 

Tomorrow we celebrate the greatest miracle of all: God became man. He chose to leave his heavenly kingdom to dwell among humans. And to dwell among us in a life much harder than anything we could imagine. Instead of a life of privilege, He chose to endure a life of difficulties, so He could better understand our sorrow, our heartaches and our joys.

 

The Creator of the Universe allowed himself to come to earth as a baby — a baby fully dependent on his young mother. A baby born in a smelly barn, surrounded not by adoring family members, but by common farm animals.

“Instead, He gave up His divine privileges; He took the humble position of a servant and was born as a human being. When He appeared in human form, he humbled himself in obedience to God and died a criminal’s death on a cross.

 

“Therefore, God elevated him to the place of highest honor and gave him the name above all other names, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.” (Philippians 2: 7-11, NLT)