God the Son Becomes Man

Luke 2:7

"And she gave birth to her firstborn son; and she wrapped Him in cloths, and laid Him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn."

The image of Jesus here is so strikingly human. He is described as a firstborn son, wrapped in cloths, laid in a manger. The language makes it clear that God the Son was a baby in the fullest sense dependent on his mother. Here is the King of Kings, Lord of Lords, Alpha and Omega, God Almighty, the Truth, the Way, the Life, and He is a baby, a human. Do you not find this weird? Why would someone so exalted stoop so low? What comes next is even more absurd: There was no room for them in the inn. Wow! Would it not be normal to send out those who are at the inn so you may give lodging to the King? You might offend the one, but you will have counted more precious your Lord. Yet this is not what happens. O how low did our God stoop! And why? So that He might bear the weight of our sins. God the Son becomes the God-man. Let us not take such a truth lightly. But let us do as Mary did; she "treasured all these things, pondering them in her heart" (Luke 2:19).