All three of our children live “away”. The girls are just an hour up the road but Koy is in California and it takes about 2 hours of flying time to get there. We are grateful that we now live this close.
Those of us parents who have had children join the military or enter other “dangerous” occupations know the heart ache, the apprehension and even the worry of having our children go off into the unknown, into hostile and harmful circumstances.
Now think about this…what if you were Father God. Your Son has been with you every moment from eternity past. You have created universes together; you have intervened in the lives of your creation in a powerful way. Never a cross word spoken, never a rebellious thought or action – your Son is your dearest friend, He’s a part of all you do and have ever done.
He’s leaving now – headed to earth. “unto us a Son is given” Isaiah 9:6
He will be loved by some, treated with ambivalence by most and hated by others and they will plot to kill Him. Although you know all this, you still choose to let Him go and even more than that you choose to let Him die so that He can provide restoration for all those who are incapable of providing it for themselves.
“When anyone is in Christ, it is a whole new world. The old things are gone; suddenly, everything is new! 18 All this is from God. Through Christ, God made peace between himself and us. And God gave us the work of bringing people into peace with him. 19 I mean that God was in Christ, making peace between the world and himself. In Christ, God did not hold people guilty for their sins. And he gave us this message of peace to tell people.” II Corinthians 5:17 ERV
And all of this was not because of our great value or importance but because of His great love.
“Christ died for us when we were unable to help ourselves. We were living against God, but at just the right time Christ died for us. 7 Very few people will die to save the life of someone else, even if it is for a good person. Someone might be willing to die for an especially good person. But Christ died for us while we were still sinners, and by this God showed how much he loves us.9 We have been made right with God by the blood sacrifice of Christ. So through Christ we will surely be saved from God’s anger.” Romans 5:6-9 ERV
“Unto us a Son is given”!
Would you be willing to give your son? Aren’t you glad He did!!