"Though he was God, he did not think of equality with God as something to cling to. Instead, he gave up his divine privileges." --Philippians 2:6-7 (NLT) What Did Christmas Mean for Jesus? No words of mine are adequate To describe what it must have meant For the God of this universe To make it safe for us to converse With him, face-to-face, without a mask; Before his purity, we’d not last. We’d disintegrate, fall apart. (Arrogance would not be smart). He saw our sad condition And descended from heaven Into a human’s body; Depended on that mommy To nourish and to feed him; Let a human dad train him, Teach him the sharpness of a nail. (With a nail he’d be impaled). His hands developed calluses. His feet walked on roads of dust. He always listened to the Spirit; Never bragged about his merit; Distributed kindness everywhere, Taught us about submission and prayer; Got angry at injustices, Was honest in all his practices; Taught us what it means to live In harmony, and truly give God the honor he’s worthy of— Become united in perfect love. For doing this, he was mocked and killed. It was for us, his blood was spilled; It was for us, he conquered evil. It is for all, he’s prepared a table— A table of festivity That far exceeds what we now see. What joy awaits us if we choose To give up, now, what we will lose; And grasp, by faith, the final prize That Jesus sets before our eyes. Only then, will we recognize What Christmas meant for Jesus Christ. Jane Ault 12/25/20
