Daily Devotions

In the opening of the Gospel of John, Jesus is presented as the pre-existent and creative Word.

Many people think that this name comes from the “logos” of Greek philosophy. However, it is more reasonable to consider “the Word” comes from the “word of God” through whom God created all things and through whom his will was revealed to his people throughout the Old Testament.

In the New Testament, Jesus is revealed as the “Word” – the one through whom God has revealed himself to the world. This introduction to St John’s Gospel probably incorporated an ancient hymn about Christ. It is dense and wonderful; each phrase that can be mined for treasures. Specifically, John describes the Word in this way. “All things were made through him, and without him was not anything made that was made. In him was life, and the life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.”

The late Harvard mathematician and philosopher, Alfred North Whitehead, maintained that the whole scientific enterprise of the western world rested upon the belief that at the bottom of things science would find order rather than chaos.

"What was at the bottom of this conviction?" asked Whitehead. “It was the theological concept of the Logos, the Word or Reason or Mind of God, which held everything together. Why do things cohere and hold together? It is because the Mind or Logos, or the Spirit of God, holds them together.”

Father in heaven, I worship and praise Your holy name for Your wonderful plan of salvation. Thank You for sending Jesus, the Word, Who was with the Father before the world began. He came to earth willingly, in human flesh, so that a sinner such as I may be redeemed by His precious blood. Praise Your name and praise Jesus, in Whose name I pray, AMEN.