Gedanken zum Vers des Tages
Gott hat es wiederholt verheißen. Männer, Frauen und Engel haben es lange erwartet. Jetzt, in Jesus, passiert es. Gott ist mit uns. Jesus ist Emmanuel. Wir leben auf einem Planeten, der besucht wurde – berührt durch die wahre Gegenwart Gottes unter uns. Und es ist genau das, was die Propheten der Vorzeit voraussagten.
Thoughts on Today's Verse...
God had repeatedly promised his people his presence. During the Wilderness wanderings, he was with them with the cloud during the day, the pillar of fire at night, and in the Holy of Holies above the Ark of the Covenant in the Tabernacle. Men, women, and angels (1 Peter 1:10-12) had long anticipated our receiving God's presence close to us. Then, with Jesus' incarnation, his coming in human flesh, it happened. God came to us in his Son. Jesus is Immanuel — Immanu-El, God with us! We live on the visited planet, touched by the very presence of God the Creator among us, as one of us, who lived, died, and was raised from the dead for us (See John 1:1-18; Hebrews 1:1-3; and Colossians 1:15-23 for the declaration of these truths). And it was just as the prophets of old had said.
Mein Gebet
HERR Gott, mein himmlischer Vater, ich danke dir dafür, dass du deinen Verheißungen treu bist, besonders deshalb, weil es dich so unvorstellbar viel gekostet hat, um ihnen treu zu bleiben. Ich will dich besser kennenlernen, oh Gott – nicht nur als Objekt meines Studiums, sondern als jemanden, dem ich in meinem täglichen Leben begegne. Bitte mache mir deine Gegenwart bei meiner Suche nach dir bewusst. Im Namen Jesu bete ich. Amen.
My Prayer...
Lord God, my heavenly Father, thank you for keeping your promises, especially when it was so incredibly costly for you to do so in Jesus. You came to us in Jesus, the Son, to reveal yourself to us and show us how to live. I want to know you better, O God, not just as someone I study in Scripture, but as someone I encounter in my daily life. Please make your presence known as I seek you and use the Holy Spirit to transform me and mold me into someone who is truly JESUShaped (2 Corinthians 3:18; Colossians 1:28-29)! In the name of Jesus of Nazareth, our Immanuel, we pray. Amen.
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