A voice of one calling: In the desert prepare the way for the Lord; make straight in the wilderness a highway for our God… And the glory of the Lord will be revealed and all mankind together will see it. - Isaiah 40:3-5
 
 The biblical history of man is that he continually wanders from the path that God has laid out for him to follow. The way of man is a path that leads from life to destruction – To know life man must find the highway of hope. 

John the Baptist was the voice crying out in the desert calling for people to repent. Their path had been very religious, but not very spiritual. The religious leaders of that day were very much like some leaders today. They rigidly hold to their understanding of the word of God, but they have very little understanding of the love-purpose that drove God to give us his words of life.
God wanted to show his glory to the world, but the way had to be prepared. Paul wrote to the church at Galatia, “When the time had fully come, God sent his Son, born of a woman,” (Galatians 4:4).
John, the forerunner, was preparing the way for God to bring redemption to mankind through Jesus the Christ.
John declared that repentance prepared the way of the Lord and that is true today. When we come to God truly repentant and willing to change, his glory is revealed to us and in us. The Christ has come and now he dwells in us. Hallelujah.
 
Prayer: Thank you Lord for sending the one who would prepare the way for the Christ. And I thank you for the hope that is in me because my heart has been prepared to receive the Christ and his glory. Amen.

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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 Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. - Isaiah 9:6
 
From the time that God promised a deliverer would come a hope began to grow in the heart of God’s people. Bit by bit and piece by piece God was revealing the anointed one who would come to bring redemption to Israel and to all of mankind.

Isaiah gives us many pictures of the one who was to come. In chapter seven He speaks of a virgin who would bear a son called Immanuel, God with us. In chapter 53 he  spoke of the suffering Christ whose sacrifice would bring healing, salvation and deliverance to all who would believe.

In this verse Isaiah gives a more full revelation of who this blessed one would be than anywhere else. Isaiah declares him to be a Wonderful Counselor; one who’s wisdom and care bring comfort to the troubled. Isaiah calls him the Mighty God; indeed, he is the very God of the universe made flesh. He then calls him the Everlasting Father; one who will never forsake his sons. And finally, the Prince of Peace; those who know him know peace.

About 700 years before Christ was born Isaiah was telling us that Christ would be all that we would need: Our God, our counselor, our Father, our Peace. He is all that… and more. Hallelujah!
  
Prayer:  Lord, thank you for coming to earth as a child to become Mighty God to us. Thank you for the peace that is in your name. In Jesus name, amen.
   
Message:   Isaiah declares Christ to be a Wonderful Counselor; one who’s wisdom and care bring comfort to the troubled. Isaiah calls him the Mighty God; indeed, he is the very God of the universe made flesh. He then calls him the Everlasting Father; one who will never forsake his sons. And finally, the Prince of Peace; those who know him know peace.
  
Affirmation:   Because of God’s grace Jesus has become my Wonderful Counselor, my Mighty God, my Everlasting Father and my Prince of Peace.
  
Reflection:   Take some time to reflect on all that Jesus is to those who believe and to what he means to you personally. Then share that with someone today.

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Everyone has heard about your obedience, so I am full of joy over you; but I want you to be wise about what is good, and innocent about what is evil. - Romans 16:19
 
It is not always easy to make wise choices, and it is even more difficult to maintain innocence about what is evil, but when we do those things great faith is released in us. Great faith equates to great spiritual power.

Being wise in what is good and innocent in what is evil gives us confidence in our faith walk.
Paul points out two critical objectives in our walk. First, there is the quest for good. There are many good choices to make, but we must seek wisdom to make the right choice.

Then there is innocence concerning evil. The way we are innocent about evil is that we do not expose ourselves to it. We remain innocent because we do not “take a look just to see what it’s about.” We are not ignorant about evil being around us, but we are innocent in our personal knowledge of evil.

Some say, “It’s too late for me to be innocent; I lost my innocence long ago.” In answer to that I say, “If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness” (1 John 1:9). What God has made pure is indeed innocent. Regardless of what we have done we are made innocent again by faith in the blood of Christ.
  
Prayer: Thank you Lord for restoring my purity. Give me the grace of wisdom about making right choices and an innocence about those things that are evil. In Jesus name, amen.
 
Message:    It is not always easy to make wise choices, and it is even more difficult to maintain innocence about what is evil, but when we do those things great faith is released in us. Great faith equates to great spiritual power.
  
Affirmation:   I maintain an innocence about evil by limiting my exposure to it. By focusing on God and his word he becomes the greatest influence in my life.
  
Reflection:   This devotion speaks of two critical objectives in our walk; a quest for good and being innocent concerning evil. How does a person become innocent concerning evil when they have already been so influenced by evil? How do you personally handle this issue?
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