In the Word: Wonderful Counselor

Welcome to Hope Mommies’ In the Word devotionals. Over the next several weeks, we will be looking at different names of God found in Scripture, and how these different aspects of who He is offer us hope in the midst of our grief.  As we study together, we encourage you to use the comments as a place to dialogue with us about what you are learning and share your answers to the questions below. We pray that you hearts will be encouraged as you study these names of God along with us! 

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“And His name shall be called Wonderful Counselor”
Isaiah 9:6

READ:

We need counsel; we need to know how our hope can increase and be established when sorrow and darkness come into our lives. But not all counsel is equal. The prophet Isaiah certainly does not praise the empty counsel of the world: “The princes of Zoan are utterly foolish; the wisest counselors of Pharaoh give stupid counsel” (19:11a) and “But when I look, there is no one; among these there is no counselor who, when I ask, gives an answer” (41:28).

Jesus, however, is Wonderful Counselor. Never foolish, His plans are faithful. Not without answer, what He puts forth is sure. Isaiah writes, “O Lord, you are my God; I will exalt you; I will praise your name, for you have done wonderful things, plans formed of old, faithful and sure” (25:1).

Does the counsel you heed cause you to praise God as faithful and sure? Prompt you to say He has done wonderful things? Remind you He is exalted? Ask today that the Lord might silence any unworthy counsel that is in your mind and heart. Ask that He might remove from you any wisdom of the world keeping you from opening yourself to Him and beholding Him.

JOURNAL:

1. Record your answers to the following questions:

• Has my loss lessened my wonderment about Jesus—if so, in what ways?
• Why should wonderment about Jesus increase my hope?
• How does wonderment about Jesus help me decide what counsel to heed?

2. Select a passage or two from the list above and read them in context in your Bible. Consider these questions to meditate on Jesus, Wonderful Counselor:

• What is wonderful about Jesus according to this passage?
• What true counsel—with real answers—does God give for why I can have certain hope?

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Lianna (@liannadavis) is wed to Tyler and mom of two dear daughters. She is author of Made for a Different Land: Eternal Hope for Baby Loss(Hope Mommies, 2019). More of her writing can be found at her website.

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