John 1:14, 16 - “The Word became fleshand made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory,the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of graceand truth. Out of his fullness we have all received grace upon grace.”

At one point one man prayed the words ofJohn 1:14-16 . . . Forfrom his fullness we have all received, grace upon grace.

It was one of those epiphany moments for me. God granted in that moment that the word “fullness” carry a fullness that was extraordinary in its effect on me. Why did this fullness have such an impact on me? In part because…

. . . the one from whose fullness I am being drenched with grace is the Wordthat was with God and was God, so that his fullness is the fullness of God — a divine fullness, an infinite fullness;. . . this Word became flesh and so was one of us and was pursuing us with his fullness — it is an accessible fullness;. . . when this Word appeared in human form, his glorywas seen — his is a glorious fullness;. . . this Word was “the only Son from the Father” so that the divine fullness was being mediated to me not just from God, but through God — God did not send an angel but his only Son to deliver his fullness;. . . the fullness of the Son is a fullness of grace — I will not drown in this fullness but be blessed in every way by this fullness;. . . this fullness is not only a fullness of grace but of truth — I am not being graced with truth-ignoring flattery; this grace is rooted in rock-solid reality.
(Taken from John Piper’s devotional at desiringgod.org.)

Today, let’s praise and thank God for his love communicated to us in Jesus Christ. Let’s receive his heart more and more that communicated to us in our “language.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yc8×33lAnAk

-AP