When God became man: Day 11

The purposes of His coming: To enrich the spiritually impoverished

For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sake He became poor, so that you through His poverty might become rich (II Cor. 8:9).

God the Son left the riches of Heaven, the position He possessed there and the intimacy He shared with God the Father to lift human beings out of spiritual poverty. He not only left His riches but willingly became poor. He humbled Himself and became a man. He limited the expression of His majesty to the confines of a human body, yet retained His deity. He was reared in a poor family, lived without comforts and during his ministry had “nowhere to lay His head” (Matt. 8:20). Then He died a criminal’s death on a cross. Paul told the Ephesian believers he prayed the eyes of their heart would be opened so they would know “what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints” (Eph. 1:18). He came to give us the true riches that never pass away.

Song: “Joy to the World”