Our Mighty God Series

Our Mighty God

Have you ever found yourself at the mercy of someone else? Has your car ever broken down while you are quite a distance from home? Have you ever had a flat tire and gone to get the spare only to find that the spare was flat too or you don’t have one? Have you ever been traveling and loose your way? You get turned around and lost - you had to stop and ask for directions? It’s not a fun feeling, is it?

One year ago, James Kim, his wife Kati, and their two young daughters left San Francisco on Nov. 18 for a combined vacation and work trip. They spent Thanksgiving in Seattle with family and then went to Portland, Oregon to visit with a friend. After the visit in Portland, the family intended to take state Highway 42 over to the coast but missed the turnoff. So they decided to drive the 55 miles down Interstate 5 to Grants Pass. There they turned onto Bear Camp Road, which is lightly traveled even in the summer and often is closed in the winter.

It was stormy and James mistakenly turned off onto a logging road later that evening. They were soon winding up into the mountains and when they reached higher elevations it began to snow. The family became hopelessly lost and finally became stranded in snow. The Kim family ran the engine of their station wagon to power its heater until the gas was gone. They ate what little food they had, and Kati Kim breast-fed her two daughters. After a week of being stranded James decided to venture out on foot to seek help.

James Kim put himself through a desperate ordeal, climbing down a ravine over boulders and logs, though nearly impenetrable brush and in and out of an icy creek, in what one rescue leader called a "superhuman" effort to save his family.

Kati and the girls were spotted two days after James had left to look for help. James’ body was found two days after his family had been rescued.

(This article appeared on page A-1 of the San Francisco Chronicle December 7, 2006)

The Kim family had become lost. They had become absolutely dependent on others for their rescue. Over one hundred rescue works had searched for them. Even a satellite had been turned to the area in hopes of finding James.

We need to remember that it is still easy to get stranded or lost. Not just physically but also spiritually as well. We need someone who can rescue us. We need someone to save us. Last week, we discovered that Jesus is our Wonderful Counselor. Today, we’re going to discover that He is our Mighty God. Let us read from our text this morning:

"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 (NASV)

The prophecy of the coming Christ was given hundreds of years before his birth. This prophecy of this child’s birth tells us that this child would not be ordinary, but extraordinary. Of course the One that Isaiah is speaking of is Jesus. According to Isaiah He would be called:

Wonderful Counselor

Mighty God

Everlasting Father

The Prince of Peace

Today we will look at Christ as our Mighty God. He is a Mighty God who is able to rescue you. He is a Mighty God who is able to save you. Look at what it says in Luke chapter nineteen:

“The Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost." Luke 19:10 (NKJV)

Jesus is our Mighty God because:

1. He Knows Where You ARE.

He knows what roads you have traveled. He knows what turns you have made. He knows what dead end streets you have been down.

Jesus knows you better than you know yourself.

Do you remember the story of the women at the well? Do you remember how the conversation went? Jesus comes to the well and finds a Samaritan woman there. He speaks to her and asks her for a drink of water. She is taken aback because it was not proper for a Samaritan and a Jew to hold a conversation. But the conversation keeps going and they continue to talk about water. Jesus tells her that He can give her living water – and that she will never thirst again. She becomes interested and says, “Give me some.” Do you remember what happens next? Jesus tells her, "Go, call your husband, and come here." The woman is put on the spot. Her life style is exposed. She says, "I have no husband." Jesus doesn’t leave it at that but He even exposes her life style even more – for he says to her, "You have well said, ’I have no husband,’ for you have had five husbands, and the one whom you now have is not your husband; in that you spoke truly." John 4:17-19 (NKJV)