Jesus is the light. Descending from Heaven to enter His creation, Jesus condescends to meet the need of humanity. Why only “need” and not needs? I have one need which is salvation. I need the light, the light does not need me. I need the Christ and His Word which provides the way of salvation. There is one need. 

Why the Christ in the flesh? Why bring divinity down in order to lift man up? Was it because His creation adored Him? No, “He came to His own and His own people and His own people did not receive Him.” I must be reminded that I did not love Jesus first, but He loved me first (1 John 4:19). He came despite me and calls me to believe so I can be a child of God (v12).

Thank God for the Messiah. Through Him is grace after grace (v16). Not only grace but truth comes through Jesus (v17). What a relief to the one under the law; the long wait is over. The mystery of what is to come is being revealed and it is good. Imagine the moment when it dawns on the average Jew that the Messiah has brought grace and truth to fulfill (not replace, Mt 5:17) the law. What excitement and liberation. Am I as a Christian to be any less excited? As a believer, I have, through Jesus, moved from darkness into light, separation into family and wrath into peace. What relief should I feel? What gratitude should I express?

Prayer: Thank you God for Jesus. For Him bringing grace and truth so I can be a child of God. Thank you for His divinity and light.

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