Bible reading:- John 1:1-18
(A series on the Gospel of John – 1)
We use words to express our thoughts and feelings. They reveal who we are. Often though, our words are filtered through our fears and insecurities, so we hide our true selves.
God is so different! He never hides truth. He has perfectly expressed who he is, not only through words he has spoken to men, but through the one who is called ‘the Word’. We read this in the first verse of the Gospel of John. “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” Who is the Word? Yes, it is Jesus. That is clearly shown to us in verse 14, where it tells us that the Word became a human being and he lived on earth as one of us.
Jesus is the one who came from the Father and has fully revealed him to us. In verse 18 it says, “No one has ever seen God, but God the One and Only, who is at the Father’s side, he has made him known.”
Do you want to know what God is like, how he thinks and feels? Then look at Jesus! When Jesus was moved by compassion for the sick, we see the heart of the Father. When Jesus embraced little children or felt grief that the rich young man turned away, we also see the heart of God. Then there were times when he rebuked those who were being hypocritical. In all Jesus did and said, he showed us who God is.
Let’s never stop wanting to know Jesus. Learn more about him. Ponder his words. Love him and do what he says. Jesus is ‘the Word’. He is the true expression of our Heavenly Father.