“WINNING OVER YOUR WORRIES”
His Name is Wonderful, Counselor!
“DON'T ALLOW YOUR WORRIES TO BE LOUDER THAN YOUR WORSHIP”
Christmas is more than decorations, hot chocolate, reindeers, silver bells, and Michael Blube & Nat King Cole singing, Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire. When Christ came born of a virgin, He came to be the LIGHT and SAVIOR of this sin dark world. His name shall be called Wonderful,and Counselor in our lives. Life is too short to live without His wonders and counsel in our life. We're not that smart, we need him every step and moment along the path of life.
Isaiah 9;6 “For a child will be born to us, a son will be given to us;And the government will rest on His shoulders; And His name will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Eternal Father, Prince of Peace.”
The Hebrew name for Wonderful is pala. “Pala” occurs 70 times in the Hebrew Old Testament. The verb is found for the first time in Genesis 18:13 God asked Abraham, "Why did Sarah Laugh? “Is anything too hard for the Lord? I will return about this time next year, and Sarah will have a son. Sarah was 90 and Abram 100 when Isaac was born. Yes, He is Wonderful and Counselor.
Christians enjoy Winning. No born again person wants to lose! When you become born again, God places this innate desire in you to WIN over the pressures of this world.“For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world, and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.” 1 Jn 5;4
2 Chron 20 tells us, King Jehoshaphat learned that he would need God’s Wonders and Counsel when 3 great nations came to war against Judah. How would he survive this attack? How would he stay alive with such mighty forces coming against his people? God showed him when he was outnumbered, you can win in this criss!! How? “He set himself to seek the Lord!” KJV 20:3- He worshiped, which means to bow or bend down before the Lord with fasting, prayer, and made faith declarations of God's wonders. He humbled himself, and listened to what God had to say.
God spoke through the prophet and said, “This battle is not yours, but it belongs to the Lord.”
When they began to sing praises to God, their worship became louder than their worries. The Lord caused the armies of Ammon, Moab and Mt Seir to turn on one another and killed each other in the battle. The enemy died on the battlefield before Judah who never lifted a sword to fight in the battle. But they lifted their voices to worship their God who is Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God. The next 3 days, Judah stripped off the treasures of the dead enemy in the valley. What a reward! We all choose how we fight our Battles with either Worship to God instead of worrying.
Today choose to Win over your Worries with your Worship to God. Let God fight your battles for you. Maybe it's in your health, your marriage, your kids, your finances, your job, your in-laws, your dreams for the future. Nothing is too difficult for the Lord. Maybe your hope has been stripped by a recent loss. God always has the final say if you will turn your worries into Worship to God. He is Pala, Wonderful, allow him to do wonders in your life today. As you humble yourself right now under the mighty hand of God, He’s no respecter of persons for miracles!
What he did for King Jehoshaphat, let him do for you as you keep our eyes on the one who desires to do wonders in your days. He is the same yesterday, today and forever! Heb 13:8
