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Key Bible Verse: For in Christ the fullness of God lives in a human body, and you are complete through your union with Christ (Colossians 2:9). Bonus Reading: Hebrews 2:14–3:1

I danced in the morning

when the world was begun.

And I danced in the moon

and the stars and the sun.

I came down from heaven, and

I danced on the earth.

At Bethlehem I had my birth.

I first heard this exuberant celebration of the Incarnation, set to a Shaker folk tune, during the Jesus movement of the early 1970s. I'd been raised in the fundamentalist tradition that forbade dancing. So naming Jesus Lord of the Dance, as British songwriter Sydney Carter's lyrics did, came as a real jolt.

Thirty years ago, conservatism kept Christ standing still for the dance. These days it's mysticism—a Gnostic Christianity that keeps Christ disembodied. It's a stretch for most believers to imagine Christ doing ordinary things we do every day. So we construct in our minds a Christ who comes short of being fully human.

We're so convinced that our humanity is our problem that we have Christ saving us from instead of to ourselves—to become what we're truly meant to be as human beings created in God's image. Jesus calls His creation good. In spite of the Fall, what is intrinsically good about God's creation can be reclaimed, experienced, and enjoyed.

—John Fischer in BreakPoint WorldView

My Response: Do I fully accept God's en-flesh-ment in Jesus?

Adapted from BreakPoint WorldView (12/03) by permission.

Prayer for the Week

Lord Jesus, help me to fully embrace Your humanity as I do Your deity.

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