Advent Gems #11 

Rev. Lonnie C. Crowe 

Isaiah :9: 6: “For unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given; and the government will be upon His shoulder. And His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.” 

He is Mighty God.  He is omnipotent.  No strength, power or valor is greater than His.  Sometimes we misunderstand the power of good over evil.  We often define evil as the opposite of good.  If they are opposites, then they are equal in strength.  However, evil is not the opposite of good.  Evil is the absence of good. 

Jesus not only is strong and powerful; He is the source of our strength and power. 

Isaiah 40: 28-40: “Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding. He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength. Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall: But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.” 

In this weary world (The world has always been weary.), we must learn to be still and know that He is God, we must wait upon Him and we must live and move and have our being in Him.