A wonderful counselor

Jack Higgins, the author of The Eagle Has Landed and other bestsellers, was asked, "What would you have liked to have known at the age of 16, which you now know to be true?" His answer: "I would have liked somebody to have told me that when you get to the top, there's nothing there."

How do you feel about your future, your life direction, your purpose? The ladder you're climbing today? The world you inhabit? Would you like a Wonderful Counselor?

"Wonderful" in the Hebrew means "so full of wonder as to be miraculous." "Counselor" points to a man of such wisdom that he can advise kings, the wisest man in the land. The words together can be translated, "He who plans wonderful things." He is a Counselor in his office waiting for your questions and problems. And he is also a Counselor in your office, the God who steps into your history, your world, your life, the proactive Creator who has a plan for your life every day.

One of my favorite promises in God's word is Jeremiah 29.11: "I know the plans I have for you--plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." The maker of all creation has a plan for your life, and it is wonderful. The Christ of Christmas is ready to counsel you, to guide you with the wisdom of God himself. But he can give only what we will receive. Have you asked him to be your Counselor today?