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"So the Word became human and made his home among us. He was full of unfailing love and faithfulness. And we have seen his glory, the glory of the Father’s one and only Son" (John 1:14 NLT).
The hospital where my wife is employed as a nurse recently added a room for the treatment of Ebola patients. Along with the new room came required training for all of the hospital's nursing and doctor staff and others who might have to be involved with the care of an Ebola patient.
The protocol to enter that room is something else. There is a preparation room adjacent to the patient's room. A staff member goes in with the caregiver to make sure the protocol is followed and he/she stays in the prep room until the caregiver is decontaminated and then both of them leave the prep room together. This is done for the safety of the one treating an Ebola patient.
Next, leggings are put on that goes above the knees and taped on. Then, a body suit is put on over the nurses uniform. Plastic gloves are put on and tape is wrapped around the opening. Shoe covers are slipped on and taped. Safety goggles cover the eyes. Finally, a special Ebola suit covers all of that enveloping the nurse in a cocoon of protection.
After leaving an Ebola patient, another protocol has to be followed. A Chlorox solution is misted over the Ebola suit. That's taken off, and then the Chlorox solution is misted over each protective article that was put on. When all of that is taken off, it goes into a special bag which goes in a special storage room until it is shipped to a contractor that destroys the contaminated articles. Then, the nurse and the staff member sign off that protocol was followed to the letter.
Why all of this protection? One Ebola germ can infect my wife with the disease which can lead to death. She could infect me and others. We could infect family members, friends, church members, and others. It's frightening how this virus could become a pandemic of death.
After Joyce told me all of this, I meditated on it the next morning during my quiet time. My thoughts turned to Christmas and how "God so loved the world that He gave his only begotten Son" (John 3:16).
Jesus was born out of the unfailing love of the Father for us. He was born without any kind of special protocol to protect him from killer viruses - viruses that not only could infect and kill him, but viruses like cruelty, meanness, hate, rejection, and wickedness. These are viruses of the heart and spread like Ebola.
Jesus chose to be vulnerable in his birth and in his coming to our world. Almost immediately, Jesus was infected with the virus that eventually killed him. Joseph had to leave Bethlehem and refugee to Egypt because of the angel's warning against Herod's evil plot to kill all the boy babies under age three in Bethlehem.
The virus spread throughout Jesus' three year ministry. Again and again, Jesus was threatened. The mob wanted to throw him off a cliff. The Pharisees plotted to kill him. And, his Judas, hi disciple, betrayed him.
But the unfailing love and grace of the Father through the Son stepped into the infected room without protection. Born in a barn and placed in a manger used for feeding cattle, he was born and became infected with our killer virus which ultimately took his life. (see 2 Corinthians 5:21). He took on our killer virus voluntarily without protection. And, he took on our killer virus voluntarily because of his unfailing love and grace for you and me. "No one takes [my life] from me, but I lay it down of my own accord (John 10:18).
Here's a question for you and me. Would you or I go into the room of an Ebola infected patient with or without protection? Would you want your wife to go in that room? I wouldn't do it. I told my wife to quit before she did it. The risks of infection are too great.
And another question. Would you go in there if your spouse or child were in that room if you had the medicine that might save his/her life? I would do it. I'd take the risk. You would too.
But, Jesus took on our deadly virus demonstrating his unfailing love regardless of who we are. "Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous person, though for a good person someone might possibly dare to die. But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us" (Romans 5:7-8).
And what is also amazing is that Jesus not only became infected with our virus shortly after his birth and later died from it, but by taking it into himself, he destroyed the lethal virus forever! "The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ" (1 Corinthians 15:56-57).
So, let us bow before the manger holding the newborn child and worship Him. Let us sing "Joy to the World" for Love has come at Christmas!
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