Day 11

Isaiah 7:14

Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign.

Look, the young woman is with child and shall bear a son, and shall name him Immanuel.

God with Us

Jesus fulfils Isaiah’s prophecy because he is literally “God with us.” Jesus is fully human and fully God. He comes to make his home among us so that he can show us what God is like. The opening of John’s Gospel beautifully encapsulates the Incarnation: “The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us.”

In Jesus, God was able to experience what it is like to be human. He walked and talked with us, ate and slept, laughed and cried, felt joy and pain. He can identify with us in our day-to-day struggles and rejoice with us in our hopes and celebrations. He is with us.

Martin