Reading
‘For unto us a child is born,
Unto us a son is given:
And the government
shall be upon his shoulder:
and his name shall be called,
Wonderful, Counseller,
The mighty God,
The everlasting Father,
The Prince of Peace.’ (AV)
Reflection
It’s not only hard, it’s impossible to imagine just how mighty Jesus is. Before his ascension, he tells his followers that all authority in heaven and on earth has been given to him. Paul in Colossians attempts to grasp the bounds of this might in a hymn:
“For in him were created all things in heaven and on earth: everything visible and everything invisible, thrones, ruling forces, sovereignties, powers- all things were created through him and for him.He exists before all things and in him all things hold together.”(1.16&17)
Why should we fear ‘though the earth should rock’, when we have such a Saviour?
Prayer
‘Be still my soul: thy God doth undertake
To guide the future as he has the past.
Thy hope, thy confidence let nothing shake;
All now mysterious shall be bright at last.
Be still, my soul: the waves and winds still know His voice who ruled them
while he dwelt below.’
Katherina von Schlegel (b.1697)
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