“Lord, part your heavens and come down.” – Psalm 144:5a
God answered this fervent prayer of King David. We call that answer Christmas. The miracle of Christmas is that God the Son, the eternal God of the Universe took on a human body and nature and was born in Bethlehem to a virgin over 2000 years ago. As John’s gospel explains in chapter 1, “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made…And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory.” Here John testifies to his own personal experiences with Jesus of Nazareth, the Son of God.
God parted the heavens and came down. He came down in humility, born as a fragile human baby laid to sleep in a food trough for animals. God came down to experience the trials, temptations, frailties, joys, and sorrows of human life for Himself. God came down to live a life without sin, to die a sacrificial death in our place for our sins, and to rise from death in triumph over sin and death. God the Son came down at Christmas and changed the course of all creation, offering eternal life to all who believe in Him. No matter what happens in this troubled world, we can trust God, because He’s already parted the heavens and come down for us!