Isaiah 9.6 6 For to us a child is born, to us a son is
given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be
called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
(ESV)
Unto us – every stinking last one of us with all of our
issues, baggage, sin, and misery – unto us a Child is born, to us a Son is
given.
Sometimes words just cannot express the magnificence and
majesty of the Lord our God! Unto us a Savior is born. What wonderful words in
the middle of a mundane Thursday work day.
It’s not like God left us alone to self-destruct – He sent
us a Son. It’s not like God made us follow some prearranged plan of perfection –
while we were still sinners, He sent His only begotten Son! He didn’t wait for
us to get better, He intervened and sent us a Son.
It is good news; it is great tidings! God has given to us
a way out of the unbelievable quagmire in which we find ourselves.
One of the biggest things wrong in our world is we mostly
don’t trust many people. There are some with which we’ll share some of who we
are but for most it remains a mystery because we instinctively know just how
bad the other guys are – we know instinctively how bad we are. We look for a
savior in government somehow believing that though we cannot trust others, we’ll
believe we can trust our elected representatives to do the right thing. If we
can’t trust our neighbor whom we do know who says we can trust elected
officials whom we don’t’? You can’t have it both ways. And their trust issues
are the same…cain’t trust anybody…
So God gave us a Son – unto us a Son is given. If we can’t
trust our fellow man maybe at least we can trust God’s Son. That the intent.
Maybe we can trust God. If we want big government we need a big God who is more
interested in people’s hearts than He is their take home pay. If we all want to
be employed by the government, let’s be employed by the best government – a government
that cares about people and their problems at the deepest levels and a
government that understands and provides for our deepest needs.
With God there is no Social Security – there’s just
security. Security in God is enough.
I needed this word today. I am frustrated and concerned
with the march toward globalism by people who don’t trust anybody – God included.
Unto to me – even if I was the only person ever born ever, a Child is born, a
Son is given.
Father God, thank You! Thank You for the Gift of Your Son
and that He is mine forever and the government will rest on His shoulders, and
every need will be me and every wrong will be righted. Thank You – Amen.
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