As we think upon Jesus as "Mighty God" (Isaiah 9:6) it is important to remember that most people have experienced power as power OVER them, through coercion and control. But Jesus, as "Mighty God" wields His power FOR people, to seek and to save. "Mighty God" comes not to "lord it over" but to serve and give His life as a ransom for many (Mark 10:45).
In a Nazi prison, awaiting his execution, Dietrich Bonhoeffer experienced the mighty power of Jesus self-less love:
"God lets Himself be pushed out of the world onto the cross. He is weak and powerless in the world, and that is precisely the way, the only way, in which he is with us and helps us...Christ helps us, not by virtue of His omnipotence, but by virtue of His weakness and suffering." (From his book, "Letters and Papers from Prison.")
From infinite love "Mighty God" stoops to share our darkness and death so that we might forever share His life and glory. Oh, great mystery, that the light has shined in the darkness and the darkness cannot overcome it (John 1:5).
From "The Light Has Shined," page 26
