Jesus, the only begotten Son of God, was the fullness of everything God had to offer. He held nothing back and gave Himself completely to us! Jesus came with fullness of passion and commitment towards every one of us to manifest the heart of the Father and to bring God’s Kingdom on the earth.
And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth. John 1:14
Jesus came in the flesh to show us who God is! He made the Word of God to come alive and become real to humanity. The Word of God was no longer an abstract idea that was relegated to the professionals. Jesus brought the Good News of salvation and God’s heart to the learned and unlearned, Jews and Gentiles, male and female!
The oneness of Jesus with the Father allowed the glory of God to be seen on the earth. In the Old Testament, Moses hid behind a rock to see the glory of God. People feared the glory of God and never dreamt of the possibility of seeing the glory of God. Their religion was based on what their leaders reported about God. They were dependent on others to find out who God was and what He expected of them. Unfortunately, their leaders many times did not represent the Lord correctly to people, but Jesus was different!
Jesus came with the fullness of truth and grace. He came as a powerful force to set us all free from the bondage of sin and the oppression of religion. Sin and religion have one thing in common. They both cause self to be the primary focus. Sin causes us to focus on what we want and the pursuit of our desires. Religion causes us to focus on our self-effort and ensuring we have done enough to earn what we wish. The more we focus on ourselves, the darker things become. Instead, Jesus came in the fullness of truth and grace to set our gaze upon the glory of God and on His heart for humanity.
When we look to Jesus, the light of His countenance warms our hearts and gives us hope for our future. The truth and the grace of God stabilizes us and establishes our personhood on the character of God rather than on unstable thoughts and feelings dictated by our circumstances.
What is the significance of Jesus coming in the fullness of truth and grace? I will share about this in the next devotional.
