“And the Word became flesh and lived among us, and we have seen his glory, the glory as of the father’s only son, full of grace and truth.” (John 1:14)
The Word of God that created the whole universe (see the beginning of Genesis chapter one) has now, in Jesus, become flesh of our flesh, bone of our bone, blood of our blood.
The word “lived” among us can also be translated “tabernacled” with us or even “camped” with us. The Word of God became flesh and moved into the neighborhood.
Have you ever been on a camping trip? They are, well, intimate affairs. You share food, chores, your mornings and evenings and quirks and tics. You get to know people very well.
That is what Jesus wants with us. He wants to join us on the “camping trip” of our life. He doesn’t want us to visit him at church. He wants to join in every aspect of our lives. He doesn’t want us in our Sunday best. He wants our Sunday best and our Monday worst and our Tuesday lost and our Wednesday worried and our Thursday angry and our Friday fearful and our Saturday, finally, happy.
Jesus doesn’t just want to visit our lives as a guest. He doesn’t want the guest bedroom with the matching sheets and special soaps. He wants to do the laundry and dishes with us. You might think that Jesus is a little greedy, but he wants it all—the good and the not-so-good, the nice and the not-so-nice. Sort of like a camping trip. He wants to share it all, and he wants it all to be an adventure.
So, “happy camper,” will you invite Jesus onto the trails with you, at the campfire with you, into your tent with you?
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From now on, Jesus is doing the dishes at my house!
ReplyDeleteKathy
(no, really, nice images and a lot to think about. My week can get bogged down on the "worried Wednesdays.")