22.
The Carpenter's Son
After
the exalted titles of Son of God and prophetic Son of Man, “the
carpenter's son” seems very lowly. And it is. A carpenter is a
common worker, of no political or social power. And that was the point
of those applying it to Jesus. Nonetheless, in that title, in
conjunction with His other names, we have another revelation of God's
wondrous grace. For it is not to the mighty, not to the proud, not
those who move and shake the world, but to the ordinary in the
ordinary ways of life that God works His miraculous plans. By simple
water, in bread and wine, through normal words, by human reaching to
fellow human, by the love of spouses and families and friends for one
another and for strangers, He carries out and reveals His goodness
and grace and mercy to those who can see past the label of
“carpenter,” or “just a Mom,” or “that girl….” So He
employs our ordinary hands and tongues and feet for His work and His
glory.
Matthew
13: 55
This is sooo beautiful!
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