Unto Us A Child Is Born (Isaiah 9:2-6)

For unto us a child is born, to us a son is given!

Christmas season is now in full swing and my prayer is that we are all ready for it! I don’t mean ready for the big morning, or ready for the parties and events that surround it all. I mean ready for our hearts to be quiet and our minds to be focused on truly celebrating the arrival of the promised King.

With all the activities and expectations surrounding the season, not to mention the memories and difficulties it can often bring, there is no time of year that we are more in need of this focus. To know what Christ’s arrival truly means, and by faith to be able to call Him our “Wonderful Counselor, our Mighty God, Everlasting Father, and our Prince of Peace.”

Isaiah 9:2-6

“The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; those who dwelt in a land of deep darkness, on them has light shone. You have multiplied the nation; you have increased its joy; they rejoice before you as with joy at the harvest, as they are glad when they divide the spoil. For the yoke of his burden, and the staff for his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, you have broken as on the day of Midian. For every boot of the tramping warrior in battle tumult and every garment rolled in blood will be burned as fuel for the fire. 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.”