In Him was life, and that life was the light of men. — John 1:4
I recently saw the movie, The Nativity Story. I liked the movie for several reasons, but here’s one of them: In the middle of all this bullying that was going on during the Roman occupation of Palestine, God steps in and does what He wants to do. Yes, there is madness all around. But it somehow doesn’t slow God down at all.
The truth is: We live in a messed up world. The reality is sometimes worse than our worst nightmares. Into this darkened world, Jesus was born. He grew up with hardship and Roman oppression. He tasted hunger, thirst, fatigue, weakness, pain, torture and death.
He was somehow fragile and indestructible at the same time. He went ahead of us to show us that there is no place from which God cannot deliver us.
When Jesus’ battered body was laid in the cold grave, everything that we understood told us that His life was over. He was finished; a courageous man taken down by a world gone mad. But in Him was life, and no Roman cross could take that life away from Him.
Now we look at the unstoppable life of God in Christ and we begin to see the truth: The world has been trying to crucify the Body of Christ for 2,000 years, but it will never succeed. His life is in us, and it will draw us out from the darkest hour into His everlasting joy.
Be encouraged!
Dwight
Dwight Clough is the author of four Christian books and is an active member of Lake City Church in Madison. This devotional is also available via email and you may review the archives back to 2002. To contact Dwight or Kim, use their contact form. You may also support their ministry.