The Word Made Flesh Devotional

It All Begins With Jesus
Reading: John 1:1-3

John 1:1-3

"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things came into being through Him, and apart from Him nothing came into being that has come into being."

There's something deeply comforting about how John begins his Gospel. He doesn't start with a manger, a miracle, or even a man. He starts with eternity.

"In the beginning…"

Before there was light, time, or breath, there was Jesus. Not an idea, not a force, not a philosophy. A Person. The Word. The One who both was with God and was God. That means Jesus isn't just part of the story. He is the story. He's not a new character introduced midway, He's the author from page one.

John calls Him the Logos. The Word. And in that one title, centuries of longing find their answer. The Jews longed for the God who speaks, the One who hovered over the waters and spoke light into being. The Greeks searched for the logic behind existence, the force that held the cosmos together. John says, "It's Jesus. He's what you've been looking for."

And here's the beautiful part: the One who was there in the beginning is also the One who offers you a new beginning. Not just once. Not just on the day you got saved. But again and again and again.

Every day.

Some of us need to be reminded of that. Because life has a way of piling on. Wounds don't always heal overnight. Shame doesn't always lift after a single prayer. The past doesn't always stay in the past.

But Jesus knows that. And still, He comes to you, not with condemnation, but with invitation.

A new beginning. A fresh start.

Not a do-over that denies your past but a redemption that transforms it.

Maybe today feels heavy. Maybe you've been stuck in shame or swallowed by disappointment. Maybe you've let yourself believe that the best you could do is just keep limping forward. But Jesus isn't done with you.

He was there at the beginning of all things and He is here now, offering to begin something new in you.

You don't have to manufacture it. You don't have to earn it. You just have to come to Him.

Because that's who He is. The One through whom all things were made… and the One who holds all things together. Let Him hold you together today. Let Him start again with you, not because you failed, but because this is what grace does.

Jesus was in the beginning, and He comes to bring you a new beginning. Not just once. But every morning.

It really does all begin with Him.