Isaiah 9:6: 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.
We all
find ourselves grateful for a moment or two of peace in our manic and
unpredictable lives. Life grabs us by the horns and somehow manages to drag us
in a dozen directions at once. The holiday season can often do just that to us,
leaving a myriad of constant errands, desperate shopping, and familial
disharmony in our wake.
While
we search for peace, we may forget the Prince of Peace described
in Isaiah, and this Wonderful Counselor hasn’t just brought peace for you
and I – he has peace for the entire world. There is nothing
fleeting about this peace, because, unlike the hurried moments of clarity or
levity we so desperately seek on yet another frenzied day, this peace is not
given by our anxious and fickle world. As Jesus explained, “peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you.”
And the peace of Christ is forever.
Joshua
Scully, Commissioned Pastor, Little Redstone Presbyterian Church, Fayette City
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