Who Needs Rescued: First Monday of Advent

The Eternal Being, who knows everything and who created the whole universe, became not only a man but (before that) a baby, and before that a fetus inside a Woman's body. If you want to get the hang of it, think how you would like to become a slug or a crab.
~ C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity, p179

We're so used to the idea of God entering the world as a baby that we often forget to pause and ponder it. God of the universe becomes a fetus. The Creator of galaxies nourished by an umbilical cord. It's hard to grasp the idea since we've never been a deity, and we can't remember our own conception. But maybe we can entertain the idea of becoming a slug or a crab!

What's the value of a slug or a crab? To what lengths would someone go to rescue them? The Hermit Crabs that live in the Gulf of Mexico need rescued - and there are plenty of scientists and volunteers who are jumping in to help. Slugs and crabs are amazing creatures, gifts from the Creator, an important part of our ecosystem. Humans are made in the image of God, the crown of creation, the gifted stewards of the Earth. And we need rescued. Desperately.

It may be difficult to fathom why God entered the world via a womb. It may be impossible to fully understand what it was like for the Eternal Being to become like one of us. But we needed it.
We still need him.

Who in your life needs rescued? Who do you need to go to to help?

Who, being in very nature God,
did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage;
rather, he made himself nothing
by taking the very nature of a servant,
being made in human likeness.
~ Philippians 2v6-7 (NIV)