...The War was Won by a Baby Boy

for King & Country has just released another single, and it's brilliant!

Often, when I think of Baby Jesus, I think of a small individual born in a manger at the back of an inn. Yes, I think of Christmas, but my mind does not go much beyond those animals and wise men and hay.

This song just transforms that image into something so much greater.  First, the lyric video is brilliant as it is set in a snowy atmosphere with cold and jagged peaks protruding in many locations.  This reminds me that it is often winter/snowing in my area around Christmas, and I get such a peaceful feeling from the thought of warm fires, scrumptious food, and many presents.  However, these jagged peaks jar me into realizing that the reality into which Jesus was born was indeed hostile, possibly lonely, and altogether unique.

This reminds me of how "human" Jesus was during his time on Earth.  This seems like such an elementary statement, yet I realize how much He could have done differently to take advantage of his divine power.  First, He could have skipped being a child altogether.  Why go through those awkward years of learning?  Why not just come to Earth on a cloud and pick up the Gospel story at the Sermon on the Mount? That, however, was not the plan.

Second, why get baptized?  Jesus did not have to demonstrate that He was entering the Kingdom of God. He was the Kingdom of God.  That, however, was not the plan.

Finally, why suffer on a cross? He clearly could have chosen to save humanity with a simple sweep of His hand..  That, however was not the plan.

Jesus has a first-hand experience of what it is like to crawl, to walk, to need Band-Aids, to move away from home, to walk, to feel cold, to grieve over loss, to laugh, to share, to touch, to suffer.  The thing is, He knew these without coming to Earth.  He knew these sitting on His heavenly throne, which means that He came to Earth to do much more than save humanity.  He also came to demonstrate.  He came to prove to us  that He knows how it feels and that He has complete understanding.  We are so blessed to have an example of His divinity, all for our benefit.  We are so blessed to have an example of love, such a fleshy example of sacrifice to take on all the sin in the world.  From the first wail as a child to His final words, "It is finished", Jesus waged a war that will never be paralleled... and for our benefit

...and His glory!

Jesus was a baby.  Jesus was a human.  Jesus felt. Most importantly, Jesus is with us.