Happy Birthday, Jesus!

"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." Isaiah 9:6

Do you read this the way I do?

For to US a child is born, to US a son is given.

This is OUR gift. A gift to the people of this world. A birth that, ultimately, led to a sacrifice that saved us from our own sin.

We were GIVEN this gift. Now we have to accept it. Choose it. Embrace it.

We have to love the gift as best we can, though we'll never love it as much as the giver of the gift or the gift Himself loves us back.

He carries the government on His mighty shoulders. There are no tax cuts or social programs or amendments or bills that aren't subject to Him, though He allows us to use our free will in making those decisions.

Those who serve our country and our world fall under His dominion, whether they choose Him or not. If He decided to, all we know of the powers that be that rule every corner of the world, could fall under His control.

Yet, He chooses to allow us to accept Him as a gift.

He gives great advice, if we choose to listen and accept it.
He has no equal in might or power or strength.
He is the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end.
And he carries Peace with Him wherever He may trod.

He is it all. And, tonight we reflect on His miraculous birth in a lowly stall so very, many years ago.

A tiny baby boy who would change the world.

Come, let us adore Him. Christ the Lord.