Matthew 2:13-23 | Rev. Dr. R. Brandon Harris | "Best of all, God is with us." These are reportedly John Wesley's dying words, an expression of faith uttered in his final breath. The gift of Christmas is Emmanuel, God with us. But, the challenge of Christmas is that this presence isn't comfy and cozy; it is kicked out on the street, put on the run by a tyrant, embodied in fragile flesh under the terrible swords of murderers, and put on the run...in hiding, even.