Jesus, the Man with many names.  Isaiah 9:6,7

    Perhaps you have seen those posters that are filled with the names of Jesus.  Yes, He has many. Some are names, some are titles, some are references to His character, some refer to what He has done or will yet do.  In this famous Christmas passage, we see 4 more names for Jesus. 

   1. Wonderful counselor: He is the best counselor.  Do you need wisdom today?  He can give it to you.  Let Him be your counselor.  He is the One who cares for you.  He is the good shepherd.    Do not try to measure the worth of God’s wisdom by man’s understanding.  His wisdom is as far wiser and better than ours than the stars are higher than the earth. 

  2. Mighty God:  do you need power in your life?  He is not limited to human power; He can accomplish all things!

 Over and over again, both in the OT and the New, God reminds us that nothing is impossible with God.  Our limits are not His limits.  You could take all the nuclear warheads in the world and aim them at God and He would merely laugh at such a puny display of power.   For He is God all-mighty! 

  3. Everlasting Father:  Do you need love?  Does your heart hunger for acceptance, for mercy?  He loves you as His child and has His arms open for you.  Do you ever feel just like a number or like just one of many in a crowd?  In Rev. 2 it says that to those who overcome, by faith in Jesus, He will give you in heaven a white stone with a new name for you on it, a name that no one else will understand what it means except just you and Him.  

   So, in other words, you’re not just a number, God knows you by name.  He is a good Father.   Everybody today needs to find their identity in Him.  As we grow up, we all wonder: who am I?  What am I here for?  As we by faith come to have a personal relationship with our everlasting Father, only then can we get the right answers to those questions.

  4. Prince of Peace: Do you need some peace?  Are you afraid, anxious or angry?  The same One who can calm the angry seas can also calm your hearts. In the middle of the night, when strange sounds occur, it is God who can give peace in the night.  When a big problem arises during your day, it is God who can give peace in the midst of it.

  May we all keep Christ in Christmas for there is no real Christmas without Christ!