Deeper Life #199

And the Word was made 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

HAVE YOU EVER PAUSED AND thought about this astonishing revelation of our Lord? It would be well if you made an opportunity to get alone with God and reverently asked Him to take you to the threshold of understanding this declaration. It is a great moment when you stand, as it were, before Christ, saying by your very attitude,

I cannot soar into the heights you show,

Nor dive among the deeps that you reveal;

But it is much that high things are to know,

That deep things are to feel!

This spirit is quite in contrast to the one that petulantly says, “Oh, I can’t know! Why does God make it so difficult to understand?” It is equally in contrast with the flippant impudence in which too many Christians say, “Oh, there is no mystery that I cannot understand.”

Jesus is truth—the truth—and we cannot know the truth apart from Him. To believe so is to experience a radical change in our lives.

Prayer Thought: I long to know the truth of God’s Word, the way of God’s will, and the completeness of life in Christ.

SUGGESTED READING: John 1:1–14