Reading: Isaiah 9
My Verse: "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" (Isaiah 9:6).
This is like, Wow! Gives me chills! So amazing! As a child I would wonder if there was more to this world than what I saw with my eyes! And there is! And, You LORD God oversee it all! This prediction occurred hundreds of years before it happened! This little phrase "For to us a child is born" speaks to the incredible wonders of our universe!
Ephesians 6:12 points to these wonders! "For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places." Does this not speak to the fascination the greater public has with all those dark movies about ghosts, spirits, and strange powers? Few would acknowledge the truth of this but the spiritual world is very real. We ourselves are not just flesh and blood! (Luke 10:27)
Daniel 10 addresses this as well. "And behold a hand touched me and set me trembling on my hands and knees. And he said to me, "O Daniel, man greatly loved, understand the words that I speak to you, and stand upright, for now I have been sent to you." And when he had spoken this word to me, I stood up trembling. Then he said to me, "Fear not, Daniel, for from the first day that you set your heart to understand and humbled yourself before your God, your words have been heard, and I have come because of your words. The prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me twenty-one days, but Michael one of the chief princes, came to help me. for I was left there with the kings of Persia, and came to make you understand what is to happen to your people in the latter day. For the vision is for days yet to come."
The passage tells us so many things; God uses angels to speak to us, there is a hierarchy within the angelic realm, the dark spiritual "kings" are powerful, but mostly that You only, LORD God are; omnipresent, omnipotent, omniscient!
Many think that becoming a follower of You, LORD God means shutting our minds to our world, to what is happening. But really a veil is removed from our minds, our spirits are quickened and we are awakened to see more clearly what is really happening.
Our universe is far more complex and vast than we know.
"Oh, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable his judgements, and his paths beyond tracing out" (Romans 11:33).
"Many, LORD my God, are the wonders you have done, the things you planned for us" (Psalm 40:5).
"How great are your works, LORD, how profound your thoughts! (Psalm 92:5).
Yes, that tiny phrase "to us a child is born" holds a vast deep knowledge, so incredibly full of love, we cannot begin to fully understand - but we can be ever so thankful to You, LORD God, for sending that child - Jesus.
Ditat Deus - God Enriches!
My Verse: "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" (Isaiah 9:6).
This is like, Wow! Gives me chills! So amazing! As a child I would wonder if there was more to this world than what I saw with my eyes! And there is! And, You LORD God oversee it all! This prediction occurred hundreds of years before it happened! This little phrase "For to us a child is born" speaks to the incredible wonders of our universe!
Ephesians 6:12 points to these wonders! "For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places." Does this not speak to the fascination the greater public has with all those dark movies about ghosts, spirits, and strange powers? Few would acknowledge the truth of this but the spiritual world is very real. We ourselves are not just flesh and blood! (Luke 10:27)
Daniel 10 addresses this as well. "And behold a hand touched me and set me trembling on my hands and knees. And he said to me, "O Daniel, man greatly loved, understand the words that I speak to you, and stand upright, for now I have been sent to you." And when he had spoken this word to me, I stood up trembling. Then he said to me, "Fear not, Daniel, for from the first day that you set your heart to understand and humbled yourself before your God, your words have been heard, and I have come because of your words. The prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me twenty-one days, but Michael one of the chief princes, came to help me. for I was left there with the kings of Persia, and came to make you understand what is to happen to your people in the latter day. For the vision is for days yet to come."
The passage tells us so many things; God uses angels to speak to us, there is a hierarchy within the angelic realm, the dark spiritual "kings" are powerful, but mostly that You only, LORD God are; omnipresent, omnipotent, omniscient!
Many think that becoming a follower of You, LORD God means shutting our minds to our world, to what is happening. But really a veil is removed from our minds, our spirits are quickened and we are awakened to see more clearly what is really happening.
Our universe is far more complex and vast than we know.
"Oh, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable his judgements, and his paths beyond tracing out" (Romans 11:33).
"Many, LORD my God, are the wonders you have done, the things you planned for us" (Psalm 40:5).
"How great are your works, LORD, how profound your thoughts! (Psalm 92:5).
Yes, that tiny phrase "to us a child is born" holds a vast deep knowledge, so incredibly full of love, we cannot begin to fully understand - but we can be ever so thankful to You, LORD God, for sending that child - Jesus.
Ditat Deus - God Enriches!
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