For to us a Child is born, to us a Son is given!!! Isaiah 9:6

For to us a Child is born, to us a Son is given!!! Isaiah 9:6

Isaiah 9:6 (NIV)
" 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 Counsellor, [a] Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace."

My Wonderful Counsellor...
We are a society of analysts without answers; counsellors without cures. I was a Finance and Business major in my MBA in University. In one class business analysis the professor admitted, "We have no answer for guilt but to tell someone they shouldn't feel guilty when things goes wrong!"

It was an honest confession of limits. Too often we ask counsellors of this world to do the impossible: mend broken souls. There is only one counsellor who can do that: Jesus Christ. Though Jesus never practiced psychology, He has healed more hearts, minds and souls than all others combined. I know He healed me! He is My Wonderful Counsellor and what about you?

The Wonderful One...
In light of the over 300 titles given to Jesus in the Bible, what a title for Isaiah to start off with! Whether it was a paralytic, a woman caught in adultery, the sick or the demon possessed, it’s how the hurting and needy and outcasts have always seen Jesus as a Wonderful Counsellor!

The Mighty God...
As the Mighty God, Jesus is strong enough to affect whatever change we need in our lives! He has the power over disease, darkness of life, depth of sin and even the grip of death!

I was talking with someone going through a divorce facing a battle with someone who had all the power, prestige and money. Yet, my friend had an even stronger advocate; the one who bears the title "Mighty God" who turns evil for good! He did in their case and He will in yours. Entrust yourself, your family, your business, your relationship and your health to the one who bears the title: The Mighty God!

Everlasting Father...
This title often confuses people but it shouldn't. It is an expression. There are many expressions in the Bible. Consider the phrase "a land flowing with milk and honey." Obviously, the picture is that of a fertile land. Or take Pharaoh having "stiffened his neck."

It doesn't mean he needs a chiropractor but that he was stubborn. "Everlasting Father" describes Jesus' relationship to us. Jesus will be the great care giver of our soul, our life, our dreams, our hurts and our despair. Unlike so many relationships we experience in life, His will be eternal. He will not walk out on us. He will not turn His back on us. He will never leave us or forsake us. He will save, shepherd, guard and protect us forever and will be with us in trouble, when we call upon Him, He will answer us, and He will deliver us and honour us. Now, that's what I call an Everlasting Father!

Prince of Peace...
Interestingly enough, this begins the first of Isaiah's 25 references to peace. For those of us under the threatening clouds of doubt, devastation, darkness, despair and death (as they were) an introduction is being made to the one who alone could bring peace by virtue of being its Prince. I know of some who reject Jesus as the Messiah because they say He has not brought peace. But the title "Prince of Peace" means that He removes all obstacles to peace between us and God.

God has never been at peace with my sins, nor is He at peace with some of our choices, decisions, attitudes and actions, but He is at peace with me through the one we call the Prince of Peace!

I can remember the first time I realized that because of Jesus Christ there would be no condemnation over me (Rom 8:1). I was in university and I had to fight back the tears of struggle. At that moment in time Jesus became to me what He has been ever since: The Wonderful One!

Now to me those are some impressive titles, but they pale in comparison to the titles given by Isaiah to this Saviour King. And who is this one Isaiah identifies as "Wonderful, Counsellor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, and Prince of Peace"? We simply call him, "Jesus Christ Our Saviour!"