The Word Became Flesh

The Word Became Flesh

“And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us.” John 1:14. John said this about Jesus. Jesus lived according to the will of the Father and thus the word was manifested in flesh, the word was a part of Him. And now the word is to become part of us. But how can the word become part of us? Isn’t it when the word comes into my thoughts, in my situations, and I grasp it and receive it?

For example: I’m in a particular situation with other people—maybe my spouse, my children, a brother or sister. Perhaps it’s just in my mind—thoughts about how it could have been better, or why the other person doesn’t do things this way or that. Then, for example, the word comes to me: “Do not be bitter!” If I accept the word, my thoughts are led in a different direction. I get to see my own egotism that permeates my thoughts and can cleanse myself from it. Now it’s a matter of clinging to the word, so that the word frees me from my thoughts and a change takes place in me. Then God’s word becomes my word, in other words: a part of me.

Or perhaps I find myself in circumstances where I’m tempted to worry about something, and then the word comes: “Do not worry!” If I lay hold of that word in faith and cling to it, that word can also become mine.

Peter said to Jesus in John 6:68: “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life.” And in Heb. 4:12 it is written that the word of God pierces even to the division of soul and spirit, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. In this way, God’s word can become part of our lives bit by bit, so that it becomes as Jesus says in John 7:38: “He who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.” In this way our lives become a blessing to others.