Beyond the Baby

In my Christmas meditation, I am being reminded of how an angel (Gabriel) of the Lord appeared to the shepherds (Luke 2:9, NIV), and how he encouraged the shepherds to think beyond the baby when he announced aloud saying, “Today in the town of David a Saviour has been born to you, He is the Messiah, the Lord” (Luke 2:11, NIV) after he assured Mary not to feel afraid but he was bringing good news for those who hear it, which would speak of unspeakable joy filled with full of glory (Luke 2:10, NIV). Through this, I saw how the angel Gabriel was able to look beyond the manger and spoke of Jesus as the One who was the Saviour, the Messiah, the Lord rather than merely announcing the birth of a baby only.

Today, I rejoice at hearing the great news of the birth of a newborn King as I sing about the birth of Jesus as the baby looking beyond the manger and not feeling afraid about proclaiming to others that He is the One who is the Saviour the Messiah born on this happy morning, and have Jesus reign over and through my life as I look at Him beyond the baby as my newborn Messianic King and Redeemer this day even as I pondered upon my Christmas Day’s reading.

How are you looking at Jesus Christ as your newborn King when you think of Him beyond as a baby in the manger today?

Profile Background:
Jeremy Koh is a disabled graduate from Cerebral Palsy Alliance Singapore – formerly known as Spastic Children Association (1987–1997). He graduated with Certificates in Microsoft Office Skills & a HR Administrator Graduate (CHRA) under Human Capital Singapore–SGEnable Collaboration of Partnership – HCS HR PowerBank (7th Dec 2021 to 3rd June 2022). Jeremy has also worked in ServeHope Pte Ltd – Project Assistant/Email Marketing Consultant for 5 years (March 2008 – August 2013); as KeyGuard Specialist@(these)abilites Pte Ltd handling all KeyGuard Operations for 10 months in World United College South East Asia (Tampines Branch); an Executive Assistant with Vision Strategy Storytelling (3 months, Aug to Oct 2017); as GB Connector in GrowthBeans Team in Savior-Asia Consulting Pte Ltd (October 2018 to December 2019). Today, Jeremy is a Founder in the ground up initiative project called – Project Stories for LIFE (Affiliated with Youth Corps Singapore, a former member of the Special Needs Cluster) that serves the Special Needs Community at-large in the society, as well as being a PwD Advocate – a representing voice of the Disabled Community to the public today.

Prayer Response to this featured article:
Jesus, help us to see you beyond the manger as we truly see who you are to us today.

(Written by Jeremy Koh, 25th December 2022 – Christmas Day)