In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made…And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.

John 1:1-3, 14 (ESV)

The Apostle John tells us in the prologue to his gospel that God speaks to us through His Word. This Word existed prior to the beginning with the Father. The Word is distinct from and identical to God. The Word is both the Creator and the means by which the creation came to being and is sustained. In the fullness of time, the Word became flesh and dwelt among us that He might reconcile us to God.

Here is something we will never understand; it is beyond our comprehension how God became a human baby in Mary's womb. This incredible act of God becoming man is called the Incarnation. Though He is God, Jesus took our humanity and empathised with our human circumstances and experiences.

It is through the Incarnation that God set His grand plan of our salvation in Christ into motion. This is the reason why Jesus became flesh and dwelt among us. God saves us by identifying Himself with us.

Our sins keep us from God, but our sins do not keep God from us. God in Christ came for us, lived with us, and eventually died on the cross as us. In the same way that all of humanity dies in Adam, all of humanity lives in Christ (cf. 1 Corinthians 15:21-22). Everyone has been reconciled to God through Christ, but not everyone will accept this truth (Romans 5:6–11). They can only humbly receive it through grace by faith. This is why we have been called to be messengers or ministers of this reconciliation so that everyone can know the love of God and experience this new life of peace with God.

Christmas is more than just carols and songs about a baby in a straw-filled manger. The season serves as a powerful reminder that the eternal Son of God became the incarnate Word and was made flesh in the womb of a virgin by the supernatural act of the Holy Spirit. The depth of God's love is revealed in His willingness to enter our fallen and broken world by becoming one of us—to be with us. So, don't let today pass without saying a prayer of thanksgiving to God or telling somebody why they matter to God.

In closing, on this Christmas day, my friends, I wish you and your family a most blessed and meaningful celebration of the Christ Child’s birth.