Wonderful

Last night as we were in our corporate prayer time as a church Isaiah 9:6 came to my mind. It says this, "For to us a child is born, to us a son is given and the government shall be upon His shoulders, and His name shall be called WONDERFUL CONSELOR, MIGHTY GOD, EVERLASTING FATHER, PRINCE OF PEACE."

The essence of this scripture is anticipation, the men and women of the Old Testament were told of the coming Messiah, and they waited eagerly for that appearing. Now if you are a parent do you remember the anticipation that you had as you were awaiting your child to be born. Can you think back to the emotions that you were feeling, there was excitement, some uncertainty, some of us just went completely nuts, and then the day came, and you held that baby in your arms, how overwhelmed was your heart.

Now think about anticiapting the Savior of the world, the prince of peace, the God man that would save you from what you couldn't save yourself from, how eagerly they must have look for His coming.

Today I wonder how much we are anticipating the return of Christ, when He will come and complete the restoration and reconciliation process that began at the cross and salvation? I think that as great as it is to think back and remember the birth, I believe that we should also be careful to think forward and have our minds drawn to when He will appear, and as the hymn says, "the clouds be rolled back as a scroll, the trump shall resound and the Lord shall descend."
May you have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year and may you rejoice this season that Christ was born, lived a sinless life, died brutally, rose again, and is coming again for His bride.

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