An Incredible Choice

Do you know the story? I mean the whole story? You know, the one about that guy who had no earthly biological father. The one who's mom was a virgin when he was born. The one who never messed up. Was never selfish or prideful, presumptuous or intolerant. The one who came to save the world, but was hated by it. The one who lived a life like no other, but was then crucified by the ones He served. I know you know about Jesus and the things that I've already said. But do you know what happen before all that? Before, He ever got here?
The scriptures describe an even more incredible part of the story: the choice. This blows my mind. I'm gonna try to enlighten you with some amazing truths that you may not have noticed before. Bear with me and my ignorance of the mystery of the gospel.
Here we go...
John 1:1-3 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things came into being through Him, and apart from Him nothing came into being that has come into being.

Okay, let's stop there. Notice 1st that we are talking about the specific time frame of the beginning of time. Notice 2nd that the Word is capitalized, a name, and is referenced as He/Him. Jesus!! Jesus didn't begin to exist at birth. He existed from the very start, lived in heaven with His Father and took part of the creation of the world.

Now here's where it gets really good!
John 1:14 And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we saw His glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth.

Let's step away for a second. Imagine a place where the temperature is always right. There is no darkness, ever. There is always music, always peace, always love and acceptance. There is no fear, NO FEAR! There is no conflict, no pain, no sorrow, no harboring of wrongs suffered, no time to compete with, no hurt feelings, no illness of any kind, no sin. NONE

Would you ever want to leave?

Now imagine a place full of hatred and hardships. A place of constant uncertainty, fear. A place of pain, instability, constraints. A place where life is disrespected and people are at war. A place where goodness competes with evil and evil often wins.

I know I make our world sound terrible, but I believe that from heaven's viewpoint, this is what is seen.

Now which place would you choose?

Jesus made a choice, an incredible one. He left the only perfect place in existence to come and dwell with us on the most imperfect place. And what's really something is that it's not the place that is the problem, it's the people. He became one of us, flesh, to live among us and to save us.
An imperfect people who needed a perfect sacrifice.

Do you realize the amount of love it takes to make that kind of choice. Do you realize that love is for you, my friend? You are loved. Do you believe that in your heart? Do you believe in who Jesus is and what He did?

I'll leave you with this:
Romans 10:9-10 If you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved; for with the heart a person believes, resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth he confesses, resulting in salvation.