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Week 7: God Gets You: God’s Promise Through the Manger

God’s Promise: “Our high priest is able to understand our weaknesses.” (Hebrews 4:15 NCV)

My Promise: I will draw near to God with confidence that he hears me and understands me.

We have a high priest who is able to understand. Since he understands, we find mercy and grace when we need it. We are not left to languish. When we fall, we are not forgotten. When we stumble, we aren’t abandoned. Our God gets us. There is a reason for this. God became flesh in the form of Jesus Christ. He was miraculously conceived, yet naturally delivered. He was born, yet born of a virgin. Had Jesus simply descended to earth in the form of a mighty being, we would respect him, but never draw near to him. After all, how could God understand what it means to be human? Had Jesus been biologically conceived with two earthly parents we would draw near to him, but would we want to worship him? After all, he would be no different than you and me. But if Jesus were both - at once God and man - then we have the best of both worlds. He was fully human. He was fully divine. Because of the first, we draw near. Because of the latter, we worship.

Unshakable Hope Declaration

We are building our lives on the promises of God. Because his Word is unbreakable, our hope is unshakable. We do not stand on the problems of life or the pain in life. We stand on the great and precious promises of God.