Unto us a Son is Given;
And the government will be upon His shoulder.
And His name will be called
Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God,
Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
Of the increase of His Government and peace
There will be no end,
Upon the throne of David and over His kingdom,
To order it and establish it with judgment and justice
From that time forward, even forever.
The zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this."
Isaiah 9:6-7
Today is Christmas, the day we celebrate as the day in which the Child of promise was born unto us in glorious fashion. I have no words to describe this event's significance or its meaning. We are completely indebted to this one night for the salvation of our souls, the restored relationship with the Creator. These verses came up during the Christmas Eve service I went to last night, and all I can do is meditate on them. And as I stated before, as I meditate, no words come, only the awe of the majesty and the glory and the beauty of my Savior. Let these words and the life of our Lord Jesus Christ bring to you a sense of awe today and through the rest of this time that we get to spend with friends and family. Don't let this season pass out of memory without you being struck by just the true magnificence of Jesus, about His life, and even about His sacrifice and death.
Jesus, I thank you so much for your birth, for the inconceivable idea that the Creator God of the universe would enter into the womb for nine months and would be born in a stable, with lowly parents, as an infant Child, completely dependent on Mary and Joseph to provide for you. Lord, please strike me with a profound sense of awe at your sacrifice, at your life, and of who you are. I don't care to be able to write rapturous descriptions of you, I don't need more verses and more descriptions of you, I want to be struck by the deep revelation of who you are, because you are beyond words, you are beyond any descriptions possible, and you are simply beyond what I can comprehend. This Christmas, let me simply be stunned to silence and reverence by a glimpse into who you truly are. Thank you Jesus, and in your precious and glorious name I pray, amen.
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