THE STORY OF JESUS: John 1:1-5
“The Word was with God, and the Word was God.” (John 1:1)
John starts his story on the life of Jesus in a very unique way.
He has been thinking long and hard about Who Jesus is.
Jesus was no ordinary prophet or teacher, He was … unique!
He was fully human – He ate, drank, slept and suffered like any human.
But He had a very special relationship with God, one never seen before.
He was WITH God, He had a very intimate relationship with God as His Father.
He lived LIKE God, He reflected God’s wisdom, justice, mercy, love and grace.
He spoke FOR God, everything He said had the ring of authority in it.
Everything about Jesus expressed a deep oneness WITH God – as if He was God.
It was as if the Word of God (God’s way of relating to people) came alive.
Not just expressed as a word, but expressed in human flesh – God in a body!
John can’t explain Jesus any other way than this: He was with God, He was God!
These words may sound mysterious, but that is the best way to describe Jesus.
He was the fullness of God in human form (Colossians 2:9).
What do you sense the Lord saying to you?
PRAYER
Lord, I feel a sense of mystery when I think what You must have been like. I look forward to meeting You, and feeling the same wonder that John tries to capture in words here.