The focus of these devotions is Walter Wink’s book “The Human Being” and a section dealing with the vision of the Son of the Man in Ezekiel.
Central to the Eastern Orthodox tradition is a statement by the church father Athanasius that Christ became as we are that we might become as he is. This has usually been interpreted to mean that Christ became human that we might become divine… I would prefer to say, Jesus incarnated God in his own person in order to show all of us how to incarnate God. And to incarnate God is what it means to be fully human.
In Jesus we may indeed find a view of the God who loves us. And yet, it is not only in “me” that God is incarnate. God is incarnate within the community of God’s people…the “we” of the Nicene Creed…the gathering of the saints for worship…the movement of the community of believers into the world as agents of mercy, justice, peace, and love as revealed in Jesus. Yes, I am a part of that incarnation…that following of Jesus, but I am brought to a higher expression of humanity as I am united with others who follow Jesus side by side.
Connection: Look to the Jesus of the Gospel stories to find a bit of light for the living of this day and then walk with others who are doing the same and in that dialogical journey, we may see a better picture of the brilliance of our humanity that is a gift from our God.
Surround us by the uniting Spirit of Creation, O God, that throughout this day we may find ourselves connecting to others and also seeing you face come to light among us and through us. Amen.
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