Isaiah 9:6-7
“For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Of the greatness of his government and peace there will be no end. He will reign on David’s throne and over his kingdom, establishing and upholding it with justice and righteousness from that time on and forever. The zeal of the Lord Almighty will accomplish this.”
Isaiah 9:6-7 NIV
If there’s one thing we have enough of, it’s trouble. We have personal troubles, bills, health, career, the daily grind. The world has problems, political problems, crime, poverty, and more. We could use a lot more of a lot of things, but we don’t need more trouble.
Isaiah predicts a baby that will become an Extraordinary Strategist. Jesus is a Master Strategist, able to deliver His people from hopeless situations. Many of these situations are of our own making. Judah’s was. He is a strategist who can handle situations that look hopeless to us.
Jesus is the Master Strategist who can deal with our problems. These are the problems that keep us up at night, finances, health, job insecurity, family problems. Jesus came across people with all kinds of problems. He is not surprised by the messes we have, even the problems we get into.
Jesus is the strategist who is not surprised, and who specializes in hopeless situations. He brings hope when there doesn’t seem to be any hope. He is also able to deal with our ultimate problems, problems that we aren’t even aware we have.
Got any hopeless situations? Got anything that you can’t solve on your own? Tell him. He has never found a problem that he is surprised by, even if the problems are of our own making. God can deal with any problem you’ve got.
Jesus can even deal with our deeper problems. He came to forgive us, to bring us into his Kingdom. He came to reconcile us to God, to adopt us, to make us his own.
That is Jesus, the Mighty Strategist, the one who can deal with hopeless situations. As the Wonderful Counselor, he has the shrewdest strategies. Let’s follow him.
Who will you trust? When the relationship or marriage is falling apart, where do you turn? When the finances are drying up, who will you trust? When things are going wrong, whom do we trust? We all trust someone, ourselves, some other person, some other thing to get by.
You can depend on Jesus, the Mighty God, against impossible odds. Even though we face impossible odds, and even though Jesus seems the most unlikely One to help us against the impossible odds, He is the one to trust. He is the Mighty God. He has all the power necessary for whatever problem you face. He is the one, the only one, who can help us.
There is nothing in your life that Jesus doesn’t know about. He cares for you, just like a good father cares for his family. That’s what it means for Jesus to be the Everlasting Father.
No matter what you’re facing today, take this to heart. He takes full responsibility for us. Rest in Him!!!
Father thank You for this day and for Jesus for He is the most precious gift of all. Lord let Your abundant blessings flow from the floodgates of heaven over my friend and family today. Lord no matter how many times we read of the wonder of Your incarnation as the Word made flesh, it fills us with wonder and praise. Lord, we worship You in the beauty of holiness, and we bow down before Your throne of grace in wonderment, for Holy is Your Name. Lord use my friend to be the blessing someone prayed for today. Be a blessing. Love ya
Father, we love You amen.!
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