Isaiah 9:6 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.
We've all heard countless times that Jesus is the Prince of Peace and if you're like me you've associated that with peace of mind, peace in the middle of our storms, etc. but it's so much more than that!
The original word used in this verse is 'shalom' which is far bigger than just our word for peace. If you look it up, as well as peace, it means safety, all is well, good health, prosperity, favour, rest, to be whole and complete, restoration, make good and reward and more. So when Jesus is called the Prince of Peace, He is the Prince of Shalom.
He is the Prince of Safety, Prince of Good Health, Prince of Prosperity, Prince of Favour, Prince of Completeness and Restoration, and so on. He is the Prince of all those things.😊
It sheds a whole new light on the wonderfulness of who Jesus is to us doesn't it? Let's not limit our understanding of Him to just our understanding of peace because it's only a small part of it.
God says in our verse that He has given us a Son, who is our Lord Jesus. He has given us His Prince of all those things, for Him to minister them to us. This is God saying it so if we need health, Jesus is the Prince of it, if we need prosperity in any area of life then Jesus is the Prince of it and so on.
So as we start a new week once again, let's come to the Prince of Shalom, to Jesus Himself and receive from Him His Shalom in every area of our lives because whatever it is we need, He has come to provide and minister it to us and we give Him all the glory for it.
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