God Does Not Exaggerate
“For with God nothing will be impossible.” Luke 1:37
The question of how the Messiah could be born of a virgin is not limited to Mary. Even the angel Gabriel’s answer leaves us perplexed to a degree. He said, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Highest will overshadow you.” (Luke 1:35) Rather than going down a theological wormhole by dissecting Gabriel’s statement, we can be content in simply believing that Jesus was conceived by the Holy Spirit. It is beyond our imagination and reason.
The remedy for sin and death is also beyond our imagination. No human being could come up with God’s plan to pay for sins through Jesus as true God and true Man. How can God be born? How could God die? Only the Lord Himself could have figured this out.
While we cannot fully understand the dual nature of Christ, we can and should focus on the why. Love moved our Triune God to initiate and complete the plan of salvation. Such love is beyond our imagination, especially considering the recipients are rebellious sinners with souls only the Lord could love.
If we could understand everything about our God, He wouldn’t be much of a God at all. Thankfully, the Holy Spirit gives faith to accept the impossible as fact.
O Holy Spirit, give us faith to unquestioningly believe all things are possible with God. Amen.