An Evocation of Adoration
Aside from the glory of the Triune God, nothing is worthier of our contemplation and adoration than the incarnation of our Lord Jesus Christ.
The famed Archbishop of Ireland, James Ussher, referred to the incarnation as the “highest pitch of God’s wisdom, goodness, power and glory.” Another 17th century man, Stephen Charnock, wrote: “What a wonder that two natures, infinitely distant should be more intimately united than anything in the world…that a God upon a throne should be an infant in a cradle; the thundering Creator be a weeping babe and suffering man; the incarnation astonishes men upon earth and angels in heaven.”
But we also see in the incarnation that theology is immensely practical. When addressing the church in Corinth about the financial need of the saints in Jerusalem, to where does the Apostle Paul turn for instruction? It is to the incarnation of our Lord Jesus Christ: “For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sake he became poor, so that you by his poverty might become rich” (2 Corinthians 8:9).
The incarnation should evoke adoration towards God and inspire generosity towards men.
