A Virgin Shall Conceive ...Isaiah 7:14

...I had my first clementine of the season!

Now what does that have to do with today's promise? Absolutely nothing. I'm not going to even try to make up a corny analogy to explain how it fits in.

Sorry.


However, the promise foretold about Jesus that I'm sharing today is amazing.

"Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a Son, and shall call His name Immanuel."

Not only does this verse give the promise of the birth of Christ, but I find a profound promise in the name given to Jesus: Immanuel.

Immanuel literally means, "God with us." We as Christians can take encouragement from this verse in two ways:

1) That Jesus would come down to earth, and become man, to eventually die on the cross for our sins.  Wow. We serve an amazing God.
2) As Christians, we need to remember that although Jesus is not on earth the way He was before, God is still with us. No matter the trials or blessings we are going through, God is with us. And He is coming again! --though that's a promise for another day :)


God-with-us.