Thoughts for another day

Dec. 21, 2012.

Today's verse: Is. 9:6. For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. (KJV)

(Pls. read the above before you read further. Thanks)

Before the foundation of the world when God reigned over the formless mass upon the deep with His Holy Spirit hovering over the waters, God had decided to make a human being, who would be formed in His Own image and likeness.  God would invest a lot in Him, beginning with His breath and His form.  And if I may imagine the scenario among the Triune God, the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, the issue was, who will redeem this man from eternal death for God knew that man would slip and fall at the first hurdle and as was His plan, man would be summarily dismissed from the Garden of Eden and made to work hard to get his food.

The Son noticed the Father's anguish at what man would do, first disobey and then insult Him by worshipping gods made by hand.  The Son loved the Father deeply as did the Father the Son, and immediately the Son volunteered to leave His awesome glory behind and go, commune with man and then die for him, a death necessitated by man's fall into sin.  And just as through one man's sin the entire human race fell, so through One Man's death and resurrection, would man be redeemed for Jesus would die on behalf of man.  This plan was accepted by the Father and the Holy Spirit and was put into the confines of time to be as it was planned and so many eons later, in the town off Judah, God raised up a prophet, Isaiah who would utter our Scripture above to definitely set into the knowledge of man, that there was to be the coming of the Son of God, to redeem him from the wretchedness of sin and decay.

Today, we see the other side of the coming and death and resurrection of the Son and await His return with glory.  Yet, we must ponder upon what it must have cost God to send His only begotten Son to earth to die for worthless man and if we can, we must also tell God that we will give Him a gift this Christmas: a gift of self.  Remember, He gave us Himself and we need to give ourselves to Him just as He did, so that in His hands our lives become a pleasing sacrifice before our Father.  Let this Christmas be the beginning of a new journey with our Lord.  Perhaps, you may say, oh so you write and it's so easy to write and then quickly forget; but it depends on you and I would urge you to forget not His mercies upon your life, rather remember each day, His sacrifice, even coming and being born as a Babe in a manger.  Just think, what can I do for Him and go do it.