Friday... He really knows what is happening and is going to happen...

Friday... God really knows what is happening and is going to happen. And He knows what we need. He really does.

Look at what Isaiah said back 600 years before it happened. He says in Isaiah 9:6 (NLT), "For a child is born to us, a son is given to us. The government will rest on his shoulders. And he will be called: Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace."

Now who do you think he is talking about? Who do you think as he looks into the future he is talking about?

He's talking about Jesus, God's Son who came to this earth to bring light to a darkened world, even our world. In verse 2 (Amp) he says, "The people who walk in [spiritual] darkness will see a great Light; those who live in the dark land, the Light will shine on them." Jesus is that Light and he is available to us today.

I woke up a little earlier this morning to read and write and when I came in to the front of our home I turned on a light. There is a switch on the wall that I can switch on and a light comes on. The light is available to me but in order to get the benefit of the light I must turn on the switch. And when I do it brakes through the darkness so I can see where I was going.

Now God knew about the spiritual darkness that we would be going through and he knew that we would need a Light so he sent Jesus to be that light.

Now I could have been so frustrated when I came to where I had left my Bible. I wanted to read it but it was dark all around the Bible. But I had access to a light so I could see to read it. I just had to avail myself of that light.

All of that is amazing isn't it? God told Isaiah that he was going to take care of the darkness by sending a Light 600 years before it was going to happen. And he said that the Light would come as a child.

He then said in Isaiah 12:2 (NLT), "See, God has come to save me. I will trust in him and not be afraid. The Lord is my strength and song; he has given be victory."

And that is what God has made available to us. He wants us to trust in him and not be afraid. And if we do he will give us strength and a song and victory. He told us about it over 2600 years ago. He knew what we were going to need. He can be trusted. Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

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