The Eternal Word – Creating and Redeeming
“Blessed is the man who listens to me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors. For whoever finds me finds life, and obtains favor from the LORD.” “Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.” (Prov 8:34-35, Matthew 24:35)
Our Annual Christmas Productions etch a telling memory on the minds of those who gather at Kakumba Chapel, Kyambogo. A spectacular display of talent and passion at one time relived the inquest of the three royal wise men into the mystery of the Star of Bethlehem; and more recently the disappointing Fall of mankind and the ultimate solution – the Rise through the blessed baby Jesus! Many witnesses testified baby Jesus was the Great King – whose story was also told by cosmic bodies – and they worshipped him with most expensive gifts.
John’s Gospel introduces Jesus Christ as the Word who was in the beginning with God, and this augments the value we must place on the Word of God. Numerous prophecies were fulfilled in the incarnation, life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. In darkest times the Word of God was light and hope to the suffering and waiting people of God. The same Word remains fresh and powerful in reviving souls today and tomorrow. Jesus Christ himself assured us that His Word will never pass away! It is worth giving special attention and celebrating.
This Christmas season continues Advent’s themes to help believers focus on the prophecies and promises of God that would eventually be fulfilled in Jesus Christ. In Proverbs 8 we find Wisdom personified and calling convincingly, with self-descriptions that leave many questions as to who exactly is this? “When He prepared the heavens, I was there, when He drew a circle on the face of the deep, when He established the clouds above, when He strengthened the fountains of the deep, when He assigned to the sea its limit… Then I was beside Him as a master craftsman” (Prov 8:27-30). Who was this agent of creation who was there in the beginning? Here he is called Wisdom, but the similar reading in the New Testament speaks about the Word – and surely Jesus Christ is he. The fulfilled prophecies help us to see the faithfulness of God’s Word.
The Holy Scriptures bring us a story from Genesis to Revelation – a story of God’s plan to save humankind, a story of good news. In every generation there have been stewards of these mysteries in form of Church leaders, Bible expositors, apologetics, and many ‘smaller’ leaders of Bible studies and those who go back to check the Scriptures to find out if what they heard was right. We all have a duty to love and treasure God’s Word, as well as be responsible stewards of the same. Our greatest thanksgiving for the saving revelation in God’s Word is to listen to Him, giving our lives wholly to his service, and receiving the Living Word of God, the Word Incarnate, Jesus Christ.
God bless you all.