‘The Word Became Flesh’ By Billy Graham

 

‘The Word Became Flesh’ By Billy Graham During World War II, many a mother would help her children remember their father, who was away at war. One mother I heard about took her son every day into the bedroom and showed him a large portrait of his father. One day the little boy said, “Mom, wouldn’t it be great if Dad could just step out of the frame?” That’s what happened that first Christmas. For centuries people had looked into the heavens longing for God to step out of the frame, and at Bethlehem that’s exactly what God did. Incredible and unbelievable as it may appear to a modern man, the Bible teaches that Jesus Christ was a visitor from outer space. That virgin-born baby was God in human form. He identified with the problems of the human race. And thus it was that the Apostle John wrote, “The Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father” (John 1:14). What a difference the baby born in Bethlehem’s manger 2,000 years ago makes to our world today.

TODAY’S PRAYER Heavenly Father, thank You for sending Jesus to earth in the form of a baby to rescue us from sin. Please help us share the Good News of His birth this Christmas.