December 6

When the Almighty One who dwells in eternity, the Glorious One who has no beginning and has no end fashioned the earth and everything that exists, He did not labor to produce it; He merely spoke-and it was. Only with man, the creature upon whom He bestowed His love, did He use His hands to fashion him.

The Lord who spoke and mountains were formed, who uttered the command and the stars were flung into space, reached down and touched the dust of the earth and breathed upon it and created the crowning jewel of His creation. And when man, upon whom He had lavished His love, betrayed Him, He worked again.

This time, the Majesty from on High assumed the visage of a man and came to earth to do the work of salvation that man could not do in order that man would have the opportunity to have restored fellowship for time and eternity with the One who did the work of salvation that sets errant man free from sin and shame.

The Holy One who has no peer, the Eternal One by whom exists all that we see and touch and taste and hear says that as He worked, so should we. In fact, if it is our goal to achieve greatness, our path to that end is via servanthood. As Jesus came to work, so must we. We work by freely sharing Him with others.