Friday, December 10, 2021
Friday, December 10, 2021
Isaiah writes in troubled times of hope and a promise.
Isaiah 9:6 For unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given: and the government shall be upon His shoulders. And His Name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. (KJV)
This wonderful prophecy is all about the babe born in a manger! Hard times were in the pipeline for Israel … 100 years after these words were written, Israel was overrun by Babylon and carried into captivity. It would be 600 years before the babe was born … but the prophecy did come true!
“For unto us a Child is born” – easy to see Mary, Joseph, and the little Babe in a cave or stable. This Babe was God in a form you can relate to … the God of “no beginning and no end”! His name is: “Wonderful-Counselor”, because His wisdom has no end; His Name is “The Mighty God”, because this world is broken and needs a God with big shoulders; His name is: “The Prince of Peace”, because world peace IS a great dream – and one that will be fulfilled one day when Jesus reigns justly and perfectly on this earth. Personal peace is available now, if you call out to the Babe-Now-A-Grown-Up-Savior, who died for your sins so you wouldn’t have to. (For more on discovering personal peace go to familylife.org, and “click” on the box that asks, “Do you know Jesus?”)