Luke 2:52 ~ "And Jesus grew in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and man."
Nearly
every time an angel appears in the Bible, his first words are, “Don’t
be afraid!” Little wonder. When the supernatural makes contact with
planet Earth, the human observers usually end up flat on their faces in
fear.
But Luke tells of God
appearing in a form that does not frighten. In Jesus, born in a barn and
laid in a feeding trough, God uses a mode of approach that causes no
fear. What could be less scary than a newborn baby?
Imagine
becoming a baby again: giving up language and muscle coordination and
the ability to eat solid food and control your bladder. That gives a
mere hint of the “emptying” that Jesus chooses to undergo.
