We need to be reminded of Who Christ really is. Too often,
the words of Advent and Christmas come and go too quickly, in the midst of
business, and we lose an opportunity for reflection. The passage in Isaiah
Chapter Nine resounds again in our minds when we meditate on the beauty of this
prophecy.
“For to us a son is born, to 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 of peace there will be no end, upon the throne of David, and
over his kingdom, to establish and uphold it with justice and with
righteousness from this time forth and for evermore. The zeal of the Lord of
hosts will do this.”
This is not merely a passage for the glories of Heaven, but
for the Kingdom
of God
It is here, it is near us. It is in us. It is only our own
fears and our own sins which keep the beauty of these words from resonating
across the earth.
Do you believe in Christ, the Second Person of the Blessed
Trinity? Do you believe in the Son of God, Jesus Christ, True God and True Man?
If so, meditate on His Kingdom and ask yourselves how this
can come about, now, here, in these times?
