Take out a scribble pad. In a few strokes, how would you draw Jesus?
A manger? We could do that. Two X shapes for legs, a box, and a few strokes for hay. Then a circle for a face, and a smile on the baby Jesus.
Or maybe a giant T for a cross, with a round circle for a crown of thorns, and a suffering Jesus hanging near death.
Some people might simply draw a heart, for forgiveness, love, or tenderness. All would apply.
Let’s draw Jesus from the Word of God.
John 3:16 paints him as a gift to humanity, that we might be saved:
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.”
John 1:14 shapes him with the strokes of human frailty, for he became like us that he might know our sorrows:
“And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.”
Hebrews 11:17 colors in Christ’s actions with the faith of those who worship him:
“By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac, and he who had received the promises was in the act of offering up his only son.”
Hebrews 9:27 slashes the canvas with the bold strokes of an avenging king, for Christ is that and more:
“And just as it is appointed for man to die once, and after that comes judgment.”
What’s Jesus to us? What will we draw on our scribble pad? Baby in a manger? Man on a cross? Avenging king?
The Savior came to earth to live like us, to experience what we experience, and to die like we die. He knows the human experience inside and out. He was human… and he was God. When we draw both, we draw him as he really is.
Jesus carries the power of God in his fist and understands the frailty of humanity in his heart. He is both, and that’s why he loves us as he does.
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