When heaven Came Down - December 6th Devotion

The God Who Moves First

Scripture:
1 John 4:19 (CSB) — “We love because He first loved us.”

Devotional Thought:
One of the most beautiful truths of the Christmas story is that God moved long before we ever thought to move toward Him. Revelation 12 gives us that behind-the-scenes view: before Mary ever felt the first kick in her womb, before shepherds looked up at the sky, before Joseph understood the angel’s words — heaven was already preparing the invasion.
And 1 John 4:19 reminds us why: God always moves first.
Think about that for a moment. Every prayer you’ve prayed, every moment you’ve reached for God, every time your heart has softened — it all started because He was already moving toward you.
Christmas is God saying, “I’m not waiting for you to find Me. I’m coming straight into your world.”
This changes the way we see faith. We’re not chasing a distant God. We’re responding to a God who has been pursuing us all along.
The promise of Christmas is not that humanity climbed its way to heaven…
It’s that heaven came for us.

Family Activity
Listen to: “Here Comes Heaven” by Elevation Worship.
Talk as a family about moments when you felt God drawing you closer — times you didn’t expect, but now realize He was already moving toward you.

Prayer
Father, thank You for loving me before I ever knew how to love You. Thank You for moving toward me, pursuing me, calling me, and saving me. Help me see Your hand in my life this week — not as something I earn, but as grace You freely give. Amen.

The next devotion will be on Monday, December 8.