I remember the first time I received a job title worthy of a business card: Technical Director. I was so proud and delighted to see my name and my title on a little rectangle of paper. I felt important.
But that job title described only one small part of who I was — the only part my company was concerned with. Besides being Technical Director though, I was Third Base on my softball team. I was Trumpet Player in my marching band and Sweeper on my soccer team. I am Older Sister to my brother and Younger Sister to my sister. I am Wife, Daughter, Niece, Aunt, Cousin and Granddaughter. I am Neighbor, Friend, and Volunteer.
God has a lot of names and a lot of roles too. These names are described throughout the Bible. Today’s verse includes four of them, and they are all business-card-worthy.
Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Eternal Father, Prince of Peace.
Reading these, it is interesting to me that adjectives are included in God’s titles. He is not just a counselor, He is Wonderful Counselor! Could I have been “Terrific Technical Director” or “Stupendous Soccer Sweeper”?
Another thing that is interesting is that these titles seem a little in opposition to each other, and yet God is all of them, and more. He is both mighty and the Prince of Peace. How can He be both mighty and peaceful? How can He be God of everything and Father to me? One is so grand and global, the other so intimate and near.
God is all these things all at once. He is the ultimate oxymoron. He is big and small. He is powerful and gentle. He is holy and merciful. He proved all these things by coming to earth as a baby boy in a humble nowhere town and then powerfully conquering death forever.
Dear God,
Thank you for the reminder of who you are in all your glorious, mysterious variety. Thank you for your humility and your majesty, your ability and willingness to be anything and everything that I need. And thank you for the reminder that my most valuable identity is that of God’s Beloved Child.
CamDevo 