During this season of The Epiphany, some things ought to become apparent to us. The Light which has come into the world makes it possible for us to understand things which might otherwise be beyond our grasp.
Today’s appointed Gospel reading is John 1:1-18. What a wonderful view into our God and our God’s ways. The technical term is incarnation – the notion that God would take on human flesh and dwell among us. This incarnation means that God has set aside the heavens in order to be among those whom God created, loves, and desires to redeem.
In taking on human flesh, God was doing more than finding a delivery system which we could accept. The incarnation has significance beyond merely bottling a note in a non-threatening packaging. God takes on our form in order to affirm for us, to reveal to us, the significance of this form.
We sometimes look past this life, as if it were merely the proving grounds for some other life. There are temptations to see our actions as indicators of where our true identity is to be found. Any such thoughts undermine the message of John, chapter 1. Here, we are told that God chose to be like us. In these verses, we are forbidden to think that this existence is but a passing thing.
The revelation of Christmas is that God has come to us; the revelation of Epiphany instructs us that his arrival affirms the goodness of creation and God’s created ones. Live your day with this confidence; live your life so as to reveal your appreciation for what God has done.
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