John 1:14
The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us.
The incarnation of the Word becoming flesh always is directed back to Jesus Christ. Which this is true. This is another perspective I have come across lately.
How then this applies to my life?
Words are powerful. Words can be used to encourage another or even pull the other person self-esteem. Throughout ages, people had been using words to express their feelings and philosophical ideas. Till today, some of the written ideas are still being read by many. Today, people still used words to communicate their thoughts in many different forms; digital, paper, electronic. It is so important that we are sent to school to learn how to familiarize ourselves to letters ABC. :)
We don't remain at baby stage just learning ABC. We grow to understand what lies behind the words. We take in words that formed sentences that brings truth in it. What does this truth means to us?
Being raised in a Christian family, my parents taught me the importance of reading the Word (But, I never learned to see the importance till now) The Word you and I read hear from the Bible, is words that is beyond than head knowledge. The Word of God is filled with wonders of truths. This truth given to us first be translated to head knowledge. It has to transformed you from within as well. The Word we read need be to meditate upon and to allow it to transformed into flesh as our being. The Word then it's translated to our Christian faith.
Let's look at a different example: Cooking from a recipe book. All that is written down as recipe will only remain as words, if we are not daring enough to put our hands in it to try it out. Although how awesome can a dish look on a picture, we will never be able to taste it because it's just a captured shot of how another person had cooked it. Elisabeth Elliot wrote also in a different perspective, in perspective of relationship as a couple: We are human beings, made of flesh and blood as well as of brains and emotions. The Word had to be made flesh before we could truly understand what God was like. A man prefaces his proposal of marriage with a declaration of love - "In the beginning was the Word." Same goes to knowing and accepting the Word of God.
If one call itself a Christian, then the Word of God is the truth in their life, translated in action in living the faith. If the truth is not lived out in life, then it is merely just head knowledge. The Word has not been made flesh in our life. Then, my question is how then you call yourself a Christian?
Notes:
Elisabeth Elliot, Let Me Be A Woman. 1976.
Interesting. Like always, just getting better :) But what do you mean by, "A man prefaces his proposal of marriage with a declaration of love - "In the beginning was the Word." Same goes to knowing and accepting the Word of God." I don't understand... can you enlighten that in more simple way (or maybe its my English). ha2
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Thank u for the encouragement. :)
ReplyDelete"A man prefaces his proposal of marriage with a declaration of love - "In the beginning was the Word." This was an excerpt from the book. When a man proposes to his love, it begins with thoughts, words, gestures, looks, flowers, gifts and cards. But, it is not until the man marries the woman that the word become flesh.
"Same goes to knowing and accepting the Word of God." Here, it means that when we call ourselves as Christian, we heard the word and know the truth in the word. But, it is not until we profess our faith in actions and living it out that the word become flesh. The knowledge of the word should transform us from within to actions. Why put it in actions? Because we had experience the love of God from above. We do not because we are obliged. We do because we desire to share that love and honor our Father.
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Hope you are enlighten by my humble perspective.