Daily Inspiration

“Some of the scribes and Pharisees said to Jesus, “Teacher, we wish to see a sign from you.” He said to them in reply, “An evil and unfaithful generation seeks a sign, but no sign will be given it except the sign of Jonah the prophet. Just as Jonah was in the belly of the whale three days and three nights, so will the Son of Man be in the heart of the earth three days and three nights. At the judgment, the men of Nineveh will arise with this generation and condemn it, because they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and there is something greater than Jonah here. At the judgment the queen of the south will arise with this generation and condemn it, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and there is something greater than Solomon here.” —Matthew 12:38-42

The greatest sign of God’s power Christ ever gave was not the Resurrection, the Ascension, or the physical Incarnation. For the God of all creation, all things are possible, and these acts fell easily within His mighty power.

If only we understood the grandeur of the Lord, we would understand the power it took to give everything of Himself. If only we knew the true power, love, and mercy of the Lord, we would know that the greatest sign ever given was the idea of the Incarnation. The Word made Flesh did not just take a small step down to become man; He moved from the One greater than all of creation to a tiny speck that man is. He left the heavenly realm to come live with us so that He could free us. Christ’s Passion did not start in Gethsemane but in Bethlehem.

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