I was asked by my youngest son to bring a Bible yesterday on our boating adventure. He wanted to share God’s word as we spent a quiet morning outside in his glorious creation. Once we settled in and puttered our boat out to a sunny spot, I prayed and opened my Bible. I was so excited and wished to share with you this morning because you know I love it when old testament prophecies and new testament collide!
Isaiah 11:1-5 NCV “A new branch will grow from a stump of a tree; so a new king will come from the family of Jesse. The spirit of the Lord will rest upon that king. The Spirit will give him wisdom and understanding, guidance and power. The spirit will teach him to know and respect the Lord. This king will gladly obey the Lord. He will not judge by the way things look or decide by what he hears. But he will judge the poor honestly; he will be fair in his decisions for the poor people of the land. At his command evil, people will be punished, and by his words, the wicked will be put to death. Goodness and fairness will give him strength, like a belt around his waist.
This is a prophecy of Jesus. “A new king will come from the family of Jesse.” Jesse was the father of David…King David, to be exact. King David was born of the tribe of Judah! Jesus was born within that lineage and tribe. The Lion of Judah!
The verses speak of the spirit that rested upon that king, giving him wisdom, understanding, guidance, power, and respect for the Lord. The spirit being spoken of here is The Holy Spirit.
Matthew 3:15-16 NCV “As soon as Jesus was baptized, he came out of the water. The heaven opened, and he saw God’s Spirit coming down on him like a dove. And a voice from heaven said, ‘This is my son, whom I love, and I am very pleased with him.”
“This king will be glad to obey the Lord.” Jesus, upon walking this same tainted world that we do, had the same choices as we do! Those choices are right vs. wrong, good vs. evil, God’s ways vs. Satans.
“He will not judge by the way things look, or by what he hears!” You know the age old adage, Not everything is always as it appears- warnings against hasty decisions and action, possibly taking the time to hear both sides! “He won’t decide upon what he hears,”…erasing the belief that he who speaks first or the loudest wins!!!
I love this verse so much! “He will judge the poor honestly and will be fair in his decisions.” The world doesn’t seem to operate on these standard any more! Money talks and walks!!!
“At his command, evil people are punished; the wicked will be put to death. Goodness and fairness are as a belt around his waist.” As it should be! We can think of wicked and evil as the murderers and child molesters etc…but we all carry evil and wicked within us, we all slide down slippery slopes from time to time even if it’s just wrongful thoughts or gossip, gentle manipulations, a little white lie here or there. I don’t know about you but I am so thankful for his goodness and fairness. I am most humbly grateful for his grace which is way more than I deserve.
I want to end today with the knowledge that if you are born again, you have the same Holy Spirit living in you as Jesus did! He will instruct, guide, teach, warn and give you all the necessary power you need! You just need to ask for it and rely on it! It’ll be there every time, I promise.
Thank you for joining me and I pray for you a blessed day. 🥰
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