Variety: John1v1-5,14
Book
John
Chapter
1
Start Verse
1
End Verse
5
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.
As John’s Gospel opens, we have no mention of a birth, no Mary and Joseph, no shepherds or Magi, and not a donkey in sight. John begins with a cosmic view of this ‘newborn king’ as the Word that has become flesh. We are introduced to the King of the cosmos – and yet, John announces a king like no other.
John tells us that this unusual king ‘made his dwelling among us’. Eugene Peterson’s paraphrase in The Message captures this verse perfectly: ‘The Word became flesh and blood, and moved into the neighbourhood.’
This unusual king subjected himself to the distresses and disasters of our everyday lives – he chose to live in the same world as us and experience the same daily demands and pressures of life in our village, town, or city.
The Jews had hoped for a powerful king in an impressive temple, invincible to invading powers. But God became human and pitched his tent among them.
And we’re called to live out the life of this King in our everyday places – our neighbourhoods, where we work, and where we play. To live among the lonely and the lost and be like Jesus – to shine as a light in their darkness.
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