MORNING MANNA 12-19-25
GOD CAME AS MAN
“Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, And they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.”
Matthew 1:23
Paul Harvey told a story on this subject on God becoming a man I’ve never forgotten. I hope it simply conveys the message to you as well.
“One raw winter night a man heard an irregular thumping sound against the kitchen storm door. He went to a window and watched as tiny, shivering sparrows, attracted to the evident warmth inside, beat in vain against the glass. Touched, the farmer bundled up and trudged through the fresh snow to open the barn for the struggling birds. He turned on the lights, tossed some hay in the corner, and sprinkled a trail of saltine crackers to direct them to the barn. The sparrows, which scattered in all directions when he emerged from the house, still hid in darkness, afraid of him.
He tried various tactics: circling behind the birds to drive them toward the barn, tossing cracker crumbs in the air toward them, retreating into the house to see if they flutter into the barn on their own. Nothing worked. He, a huge alien creature, had terrified them. The birds could not understand that he actually desired to help.
He withdrew to his house and watched the doomed sparrows through a window. As he stared, a thought hit him like lightning from a clear blue sky : if only I could become a bird – one of them – just for a moment. Then I wouldn’t frighten them so. I could show them the way to warmth and safety. At the same moment another thought dawned on him. He had grasped the principle of the incarnation. A man’s becoming a bird is nothing to God’s becoming a man. The concept of a sovereign being as big as the universe he created, confining himself to a human body was – and is – too much for some people to believe.”
It is true though. His name is Emmanuel = God with us. Jesus Christ came to this earth, represented God, and presented God to us through his person. He came to show us the beauty and majesty of God in the flesh. He made the way to God for us. We know what it’s like to have God with us because Jesus Christ came to us!
Merry Christmas!Kenneth Preston Lakeway Baptist Church Humble,TX
