The Baby God

Now that Christmas is over, the Christmas tree is gone, the nativity scene is stored away, and the decorations are back to normal…or so…I thought…

One morning soon after Christmas day, as we were working on our morning devotion together from Keys for Kids, my three-year-old used the name “The Baby God,” in reference to Jesus. To MeiMei, she probably didn’t think much of the term, just connecting what she knows about Jesus and his birth.  For me, I pondered on this term that day, and thought, wow, there’s profound theology packed into these three little words.

Without diving into a deep theology discussion about the terms, because I am not a theologian. My heart cries out to the fact that Jesus, in his humble state, stepped down into humanity, vulnerable and helpless to do something for me that I could never do for myself.  This “Baby God” probably cried when he was hungry. Mary, his mom probably had to change and wash a lot of dirty diapers.  My boys giggled as they said, “He cried when he needed a diaper change.” That’s so true.

I think that God could have used other ways to relate to his creation (it’s his prerogative after all), but He chose the most personal way to identify with us, he became a baby.  A baby who grew up to give his life as a payment for us so that we may be forgiven and experience a new life in God.  2 Corinthians 5:17 says, “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!” (NIV)

As you pursue a sense of newness in your life this new year, I hope you’ll discover something new in “The Baby God”.  May “The Baby God” bless you this holiday season and the whole year through!  Have a Happy New Year!