Narrative Lectionary Key Verse for Today
“For a child has been born for us, a son given to us; authority rests upon his shoulders; and he is named Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.”
NL Daily Devotion for Thursday, December 22, 2022
by R. M. Fergus, Clergy Stuff
How can you not sing this? Then again, I suppose there are plenty of people who have never heard Handel’s Messiah. But even if you haven’t, how can these words not somehow lift you up? These beautiful names for the one God will send to lead God’s people out of their constant warring with their neighbors and the Assyrian empire, the king who will reign over a peaceful world. We interpret this description to Jesus and while it might not have been originally written with him in mind, we are now well aware that these words describe him to a T.
We are growing ever closer to the day when we celebrate a child being born for us, a son given to us, upon whom the authority of all creation, not just some single nation, rests, and who is indeed a wonderful counselor, a prince of peace, our everlasting life-giving mother, and none other than our holy and all-powerful God in human flesh.
Whoa.
Are you singing yet?
What are my favorite pieces of music during Advent and Christmas?
