The Power in the Manger


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December 8, 2019 The Power in the Manger

“Sustaining all things by the power of His Word.” (Hebrews 1:3a)

All of humanity is starved for truth. But not all realize they are starving.

On a mission trip some 40 years ago, I remember seeing Haitian mothers baking mud pies on the sun-heated tin roofs of their homes. The pies were for their children to eat, not play with. Pies whose only real value was that they could fill a child’s empty stomach and stop the hunger pains and crying for a few hours.

What those mud pies couldn’t do is place life-preserving, health-sustaining nutrients into their baby‘s bellies. They might temporarily satisfy their hunger but they weren’t real food.

All of humanity is starved for truth. Real truth, not mud pies.

In this season celebrating the Truth born in Bethlehem, may we all come to know the One who “sustains all things by the power of His Word.”

And may we turn up our noses at the mud pies the world offers in place of the Good News of God’s truth in the flesh – Jesus Christ.

Grace and peace, Pastor Bob

Hebrews 1:1-4