"For God loved the world in this way: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life." John 3:16
One of the quiet struggles of the spiritual life is our resistance to humility. We often prefer to stay in control, to manage our own outcomes, or to rely on our own strength to navigate what lies ahead. Love can feel risky because it asks us to trust, to open our hands, and to soften our hearts. Yet God invites us into a posture that welcomes His presence — not just outward obedience, but inward surrender. Humility becomes the soil where love grows, because humility makes room for God to work where our strength cannot.
God's love does not remain distant or abstract — it reaches toward us and then flows outward into the world. Creation itself quietly bears witness to this love. The rising sun, the turning seasons, the breath in our lungs — each is a reminder that God sustains life with tenderness and intention. Even the way our bodies are knit together displays His care: every heartbeat, every moment of being formed and known, reveals a God who delights in His creation.
But Advent reminds us that God's love is not only woven into the world He made — it is embodied in Christ. God draws near not in power or spectacle, but in the fragility of a child. In Jesus, love takes on flesh and walks among us. Love listens, heals, welcomes, and restores. The incarnation shows us that God does not love from afar; He steps into our stories, our limitations, and our longings so that we might know Him as Emmanuel — God with us.
Advent invites us to notice this love again, to receive it with humility, and to allow it to shape how we live. As we wait for Christ, we are called to reflect the love we have been shown — a love that is patient, courageous, and grounded in the nearness of God.
Father, thank You for clothing Yourself in flesh and stepping into our story. Your love is both incomprehensible and deeply personal. Teach me to reflect this self-giving love in the way I live. Free me from selfish ambition and shape my desires around Your heart. May my life become a witness to Your love made manifest in Christ. In Jesus' name, amen.
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Action Point
Love that stays internal is incomplete. Choose one intentional act of sacrificial love this week—something that costs you time, comfort, or convenience—and offer it joyfully in Christ's name.