Have you ever wanted something so desperately that you ached for it to become real?

BUT… 

No matter how hard I wish for a unicorn, it’s not going to materialize!

Turning a vaporous theory into a reality is impossible.

BUT… 

Isn’t that what we’re doing as Christians?

We have wonderful philosophical ideas about God, and we yearn for them to become real!  But isn’t that ridiculous?

Regardless…  From the opening breath of John’s Gospel, we’re thrust into a philosophical mystery.  He writes:

“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God…”

You might not like what I’m going to say, BUT…

This concept wasn’t invented by Christians.  It comes from stoic philosophy, saying the Logos “λόγος” (the Greek word for Word) is the ultimate “rational principle” – or “cosmic order” – governing the universe…”

In his introduction to Marcus Aurelius, Hays writes: “But the LOGOS is not simply an impersonal power that governs and directs the world.  It is also an actual substance that pervades that world, not in a metaphorical sense but in a form as concrete as oxygen or carbon.”

And now John (writing in Greek) reminds us that before anything existed, this “Logos” – or “Word” – already was. Not just with God but was the very essence, presence, and person of God. 

The stoics would agree!

And so…

We have this wonderful philosophical idea about God, and we ache for it to become real!  But isn’t that ridiculous?

Well…  John dares to go even further than the stoics… 

He says:

“And the Word became flesh and lived among us, and we have seen his glory…”

God didn’t let this philosophical theory remain theoretical.  He broke it out of the philosophical realm and into our physical reality!

Logos became flesh.

Not metaphor. Not illusion.

Skin and bones.

Tears and laughter.

Hunger and heartbeat.

The Logos, stepped into our dust-covered world—not as a distant deity or fabricated philosophy, but as someone who could be touched, interrupted, embraced, even

…crucified.

God transforms PHILOSOPHIZED “Glory-in-Word”

to

EXPERIENCED “Glory-in-Flesh.”

…From theory to reality…

That’s why John says of the Logos, “We have seen

His

glory.”

Have you?

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Believe it or not, the Word still dwells among us as Christ and in turn, through those who know him! 

So today, pause and consider:

●       What parts of my life feel too ordinary, too broken, or too hidden for Christ to show up in the flesh? 

You can’t stop the Logos!  Christ DOES draw near to you.

So…

Dare to keep your eyes open today, and you might “see his glory.”

Can you do that?