For I have come down from heaven to do the will of God who sent me, not to do my own will. 39 And this is the will of God, that I should not lose even one of all those he has given me, but that I should raise them up at the last day.
~ John 6:38 & 39 ~
Think about the implication of what Jesus says in this verse. He said that He came down from heaven. He departed the holy place where He had dwelt for eternity. He stepped down from His throne into the mire of a fallen world. The God of the universe, the Creator of all things humbled Himself and came down to us. And He did it for what? To prove how big He was? To make Himself known to His subjects? To punish the wickedness of humanity? No. It was for you. He simply came for you. He abdicated His throne and His rightful authority and came to lift us up and restore us to our God. And while here, He served and loved and healed and showed us a God that desires us.
Jesus came not to relate to us, He already knew us (Jer 1:5). He came so that we might learn to relate to Him. He came so that we would know that our God does know us and that He understands our struggle. He came so that we would know that we can approach Him. He called all that are weary to come to Him (Matt 11:28-30). Yet even though He called us to Himself, He bridged the entire expanse of the gap that separated us from Him. He did it so that we could see what it looks like for a loving King to step down from His throne and rescue His people. The truth that our God took the place of a servant among us, to show His love and reconcile us, bears too much weight to ignore.
He stepped down from His throne, so you could #ApproachGod.
