John describes in our text today “And the Word became flesh and lived among us” is Good News because the true gospel declares that Jesus arrives where we are!

It is not a message about ‘changing the world’ by our efforts its about becoming different people who live in a different world called the Kingdom of God.

This is the good news - Christ has come to where we actually are...not where we would like to be.

In a world filled with danger and no matter how much distance we have found ourselves in – Jesus remains Immanuel – God with us! God has come to us and called us by name to rescue us and bring us into His Love for eternity – He is Immanuel.

The Good News we proclaim on this day in Advent is that Christ has come in the darkest hour to proclaim you are not forgotten, you are free and in Him you are home and that is something we can sing and shout about.

Jesus came from His home to bring us home. His journey filled with betrayal, fear, manipulation and death had one clear goal to destroy the power that held humanity and creation under the grip of fear and death. He comes to a people living in exile from the garden of created order with God as an exile to bring the back home!

The good news we proclaim is that the meaning of life is not Power to control life - the meaning of life is Love!

God is still revealing the story of the Lamb and filling the earth with a new sound - the sound of restored humanity - no matter how dark the hour is Jesus has given a vision and song of Hope!

In a world frozen in fear and shame God is still revealing the logic of the Kingdom where Love is freely chosen over the fear of not having enough, being enough or doing enough. This is ground zero for the in-breaking of God’s Kingdom of mercy and Grace - He is still telling another story of redemption, restoration and recovery of the human heart, life and story and that is Good News!