God With Us

John 6:38

“For I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of Him who sent me.”

Christ was born into the world to do the will of God.  It was God’s will that Christ be born; God’s will that Christ live among us; and God’s will that Christ be crucified.  This was God’s perfect plan for the redemption of the world.

Christ came so that others might have eternal life.  It was God’s will that all of humanity be saved through the sacrifice of Christ.  But before that sacrifice, Christ had to be born, and come into this world as a child, live in the world, and come to know, first hand, the sufferings and temptations of humanity.

Christ knows our hearts.  He was born as we are born, lived as we live, suffer as we suffer.

And that is why we call Him Emanuel.

God with us.

May the love of Christ be with you,

Rev. Eric Lanier (Retired)