THE FAVOURED ONE

 

“How almost unthinkable it is that a God should become a man; that the Creator of all things from the beginning should come down and be himself created from the dust of the earth; that he being infinite forever should become finite for a season; that the Maker of men should become subject to them; that he who has ascended above all things should now descend below them all; that he who knows all things and has all might, power, and dominion should begin anew, as it were, and go himself from grace to grace until the eternal fulness was his once again.

“And yet how normal and right such a process is! How could it be otherwise? If the plan of salvation, ordained by the Father, was to enable all of his spirit children to advance and progress and become like him, then Jehovah also was subject to its terms and conditions. And how better could he be favoured above all others than to be born, not of mortality only but of Immortality, not of man only but of God, not of the earth only but of Heaven?!”

-          Bruce R. McConkie, “The Promised Messiah”, p 454-5

I have always felt that the Saviour was favoured of the Father. One year, in connection with a personal revelation I received, I came to understand that the Father loves Him the most, for what He has done for the rest of His children, for His perfect obedience and for being His only child in mortality. I had opposition to that theory but I would not be convinced otherwise. I would never dare to expect the same level of entitlement for anything that is due to the Saviour. There is only one “My Beloved Son”.

I looked up to You

When in my beginning.

I saw Your strength,

Your care, Your undying love,

And I knew only YOU

Could make up for what

I alone could not do.

 

You are our Deliverer,

You are our King,

You are our holy grail,

You are our everything.

 

We will never follow

  the footsteps of any other,

You will ever be

our Beloved Brother.

 

- CATHRYNE ALLEN 

(Art: Mary and Son by Rose Datoc Dall)