Verse
Psalm 110:1 (ESV)
“The LORD says to my Lord:
‘Sit at my right hand,
until I make your enemies your footstool.’”
Meditation
The sixth day of Christmas sets before us a holy mystery: the eternal Lord who reigns at God’s right hand grows in wisdom and stature as a child. Psalm 110 declares the kingship of the Messiah—He is enthroned by God Himself, ruling in righteousness and power. Yet Luke’s Gospel places this same Lord among teachers in the temple, listening, asking questions, and obeying His earthly parents. Majesty and humility are not opposed in Christ; they belong together.
Isaiah speaks of the Anointed One sent to bring good news to the poor, to bind up the brokenhearted, and to proclaim liberty. Hebrews tells us how this promise is fulfilled. The Son does not save from a distance. He shares our flesh and blood, our weakness and suffering, so that He might destroy death and become a merciful and faithful High Priest. His rule is exercised not by force, but by compassion.
When Jesus says, “Did you not know that I must be in my Father’s house?” He reveals His true identity. Yet He returns home in obedience, growing quietly under the Law He came to fulfill. Christmas faith learns to trust this hidden work of God. The Child who learns in the temple is the Lord who reigns forever. In Him, God’s salvation has come near, strong enough to conquer death and gentle enough to dwell among us.
New Testament Verse
Hebrews 2:17 (ESV)
“Therefore he had to be made like his brothers in every respect, so that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in the service of God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people.”
Old Testament Verse
Isaiah 61:1 (ESV)
“The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me,
because the LORD has anointed me
to bring good news to the poor;
he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted.”
Collect
Almighty God, who has exalted Your Son as Lord and yet humbled Him to share our flesh and weakness, grant that we may trust His hidden work among us, follow Him in obedience, and find comfort in His mercy; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen.
Hymn Verse
Let all together praise our God
Before His glorious throne;
Today He opens heaven again
And gives us His own Son.
He comes to us in flesh and blood
Born of the virgin pure;
A servant lowly He became,
Our freedom to secure.
(“Let All Together Praise Our God” — Nicolaus Herman, 1560; public domain)
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