The Light That Shines In The Darkness

For unto 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 Counselor, Mighty God,

Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

Isaiah 9:6

I love this verse. I love to read it and sing it. I love to hear it read and sung. It's huge and so powerful. It was written long before that child, Jesus came into the world. It is a prophecy that we have all seen fulfilled.

Take a look at the second verse from the same chapter;

“The people walking in darkness

have seen a great light;

on those living in the land of the shadow of death

a light has dawned.”

Now look around, here in 2015, in the shadow of the Paris attacks, of San Bernardino, while we still mark time and recall events in reference to 9/11/2001.... What do you see? Do you see that much of our society, too much, is people walking in darkness?

What then, is the responsibility of those of us who “have seen a great light?” I'll borrow from a song for my answer. Our responsibility is to “go tell it on the mountain, over the hills and everywhere.” We need to tell the people, still living in fear of the darkness, still letting their actions, reactions and decisions be governed by that same darkness, that there is a great Light. His name is Jesus and he shall be called Wonderful, Mighty, Prince. He is the Light and the darkness can neither comprehend him or overtake him. (John 1:5)