“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
He was with God in the beginning. Through Him all things were made;
without Him nothing was made that has been made.”
—John 1:1–3 (NIV)

John doesn’t start his gospel with a manger. He starts with eternity. He takes us back—not just to Genesis 1:1, but to the margin before it. And there, in that eternal space, we find Jesus.

Jesus didn’t begin in Bethlehem. He didn’t begin in Mary’s womb. He didn’t begin at all. He always was.

He is the Word before the Word.

The One who spoke creation into existence. The One who walked with Adam, wrestled with Jacob, and appeared in the fire with Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. The pre-incarnate Christ was always present—always active—always central to the story.

And then, He stepped into the story He authored.

The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us. —John 1:14 (NIV)

The Author became a character in His own story.

This is the mystery of the incarnation: that the One who existed before time entered time. That the One who created the world allowed Himself to be born into it. That the Word who spoke stars into being would one day cry out on a cross.

And He did it for love.

The Word didn’t stop speaking after creation. He still speaks.

He speaks through Scripture. Through the Spirit. Through family, friends, and sometimes, strangers. Through the moments when your heart is still enough to hear Him. He speaks in the margins of your life—the spaces between the noise, the pauses between the plans.

He spoke to me in isolation. When I was struggling with who I was and what I was worth. He spoke in a voice that was clearer than any human voice I've heard. He spoke words that moved beyond my thoughts and memory—straight into my heart. Into the part of me that makes me me. And He still speaks.

And when He speaks, things happen.

“For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword…” —Hebrews 4:12 (NIV)

The same Word that created the universe is now at work in you—as a living presence.

If Christ is the Word, and the Word lives in you, then you carry eternity within you. You carry the voice that calmed storms, cast out demons, and called Lazarus from the grave. You carry the very power of creation.

You carry the Word that was before the beginning. Within you. Everywhere you go.

And that Word is still creating. Still restoring. Still calling things into being that are not as though they were.