John doesn’t start his gospel at Bethlehem.  He starts ‘in the beginning’.  When we consider the greatness of the one John describes as ‘The Word’ , we can only be amazed when we read in John 1 v 14 that ‘The Word became flesh’.  'God with us' is a remarkable display of God’s love towards us.  In the Old Testament, people could say God for us.  When Jesus came, we could say God with us.  When the Holy Spirit was given, the Christian can say God in us, and as we meet together, we claim the promise of God among us.