CHRISTMAS – A HELPLESS BABE

One of my favourite song is “The Servant King” by Graham Kendrick. It is a very apt song during Christmas. Let us look at the fist stanza of this song for this morning’s meditation.
– “From heaven you came helpless babe. Entered our world, your glory veiled. Not to be served but to serve, And give Your life that we might live.”

The Bible, talking about the LORD Jesus’ coming into this world, makes a very significant statement. This helps us see to what extent did the LORD God our Creator went, to reach out to us, and redeem us from our sin and our certain death.
– “5…Christ Jesus: 6 Who, being in the form of God…7 But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: 8 And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.” – Philippians 2:5b-8

I believe Graham Kendrick beautifully captures this priceless truth in his song. We can learn three things, that help us gain deeper understanding of God and His act in Jesus, and appreciate more appropriately, the sacrifice which our LORD had made for us.
– “From heaven you came helpless babe.”
– “Entered our world, your glory veiled.”
– “Not to be served but to serve.”
– “And give Your life that we might live.”

1- God when the LORD Jesus came to save us, He came as a helpless babe. We simply cannot comprehend this – the God of all creation; the God to whom nothing is impossible; the God who spoke the whole universe into existence, has willingly subjected Himself to the dynamics of life on earth as human beings, in flesh and blood. 
– “​1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. 4 In Him was life, and the life was the light of men….14 And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.” – John 1:1-4,14

2- The Almighty God entered our world with His glory veiled. He emptied Himself of His divine abilities, and has come down to our level, to redeem us. Who can even come close to such a Saviour, the LORD Jesus Christ? Is there anyone who has emptied themselves, and veiled their glory, so as to rescue the lost, sinful and rebellious human beings? I cannot find anyone. Yes, there is none who can come even a distant second to our LORD.

3- The purpose for which this God did such a thing, is not to talk about Himself, and His greatness. Nay, none of such things were the purpose of God, in being born as a human Baby. Graham Kendrick sums this up well when he writes, “Not to be served but to serve, And give Your life that we might live.”

Two things are to be noted here. 1- Jesus had come, not to be served by us, but to serve us. 2- He came to give His life, so that, we could have life, instead of death. What a revolutionary way of dealing with people who are sinful, wicked, evil and above all the enemies of God? 
– “28 just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many.” – Matthew 20:28
– “10…I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.” – John 10:10

Oh how great is our God! Do we really know who our God is? Do we truly know all what He had done for us? Have we realised fully all what the LORD Jesus Christ had to put aside, so that He could be born as our Redeemer? *Let us not come seeking for petty and perishable things, this Christmas season. Let us not come asking God to indulge us, by granting our “fancy” requests. Rather, let us come seeking this God, to know Him, and to worship Him, wholeheartedly. Can we do it? Even so, the LORD help us.