Ah, Sweet Mystery! According to I Cor. 4:1,2 we are servants and stewards of the mysteries of God. I Tim. 3:16 says that one of those mysteries is that Christ appeared in the flesh.

He could have appeared in the flesh as a grown man in the form that God created Adam, but he chose to come as a baby!  One who very likely had to be burped to settle his tummy.

If I were given the option of being younger and having a do-over,  I would probably say yes.  Oh, they say, how young?  I would choose forties or fifties.  I was fairly well equipped for life by then.

But no, they say, you have to be a baby again.  Oh, no, never! 

I don’t want to be helpless.  I don’t want to have to download this empty computer in my head.  All my data would be gone!  I want to go back with all my equipment!  My bed is worth about forty bucks but I like it.  Can I have it?   

No, actually, you will have a manger at first.  A little later you will have a crib your daddy will make for you.  But you won’t have it long.  Soon you will be fleeing your home.  Then maybe you will have a cart to sleep in.  Or maybe a tent.

No, my mind is made up.  A baby again?  No even tempted! Oh, no, never!

BUT JESUS DID.