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. (Isaiah 9: 6 NASB)
The story of Christmas is about a God who came not to conquer us, but
to win our hearts.
Soren Kierkegaard, pastor, and Christian philosopher, often told
this story to his congregation during the Christmas season. There once was a
king who had great power and wealth who fell in love with a pauper maiden. He
knew he should not love her, him being of royalty and her living in poverty,
but nonetheless, he did. He wondered how
he could capture her love. Being the
sovereign monarch, maybe he should just send his soldiers and whisk her away
and declare her Queen. But would she
just be acquiescing to his power rather than responding to his love? He thought about showering her with gifts up
to half his kingdom, but would she love him for his wealth and not for
himself? He pondered his dilemma and
decided that he only had one choice. He must give up his kingdom and all his
royal possessions and power and become a pauper and live like the one he loved.
In the end, sacrificial love found a way and triumphed over, wealth, power, and
position; winning the affection of the one he loved.
Jesus could have declared us righteous without dying, but it would
not have fulfilled the will or the law of God.
He could have forced our obedience to His wishes, but like the King in
our story, He wanted to win our love and not usurp it. Deity met humanity, and win it, He did.
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Ken Barnes the author of “The Chicken Farm and Other Sacred Places” YWAM Publishing
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