Today we look at Isaiah 11:1-10.
A new growth, a shoot is ascending from an older. The promise of new life continues for the people. Isaiah characterizes this new promise as a spirit of wisdom, understanding, counsel, might, along with the spirit of knowledge and fear of the Lord.
What do these characteristics mean? How is God using these characteristics to bring new life in you today?
What are some of the metaphors you can visualize from the image to the left as they apply to our lesson today?
Isaiah 11:1-10
11:1 A shoot shall come out from the stump of Jesse, and a branch shall grow out of his roots.
11:2 The spirit of the LORD shall rest on him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and the fear of the LORD.
11:3 His delight shall be in the fear of the LORD. He shall not judge by what his eyes see, or decide by what his ears hear;
11:4 but with righteousness he shall judge the poor, and decide with equity for the meek of the earth; he shall strike the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips he shall kill the wicked.
11:5 Righteousness shall be the belt around his waist, and faithfulness the belt around his loins.
11:6 The wolf shall live with the lamb, the leopard shall lie down with the kid, the calf and the lion and the fatling together, and a little child shall lead them.
11:7 The cow and the bear shall graze, their young shall lie down together; and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.
11:8 The nursing child shall play over the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put its hand on the adder's den.
11:9 They will not hurt or destroy on all my holy mountain; for the earth will be full of the knowledge of the LORD as the waters cover the sea.
11:10 On that day the root of Jesse shall stand as a signal to the peoples; the nations shall inquire of him, and his dwelling shall be glorious.
Walter Morton for Journay Across the Line
A new growth, a shoot is ascending from an older. The promise of new life continues for the people. Isaiah characterizes this new promise as a spirit of wisdom, understanding, counsel, might, along with the spirit of knowledge and fear of the Lord.
What do these characteristics mean? How is God using these characteristics to bring new life in you today?
What are some of the metaphors you can visualize from the image to the left as they apply to our lesson today?
Isaiah 11:1-10
11:1 A shoot shall come out from the stump of Jesse, and a branch shall grow out of his roots.
11:2 The spirit of the LORD shall rest on him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and the fear of the LORD.
11:3 His delight shall be in the fear of the LORD. He shall not judge by what his eyes see, or decide by what his ears hear;
11:4 but with righteousness he shall judge the poor, and decide with equity for the meek of the earth; he shall strike the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips he shall kill the wicked.
11:5 Righteousness shall be the belt around his waist, and faithfulness the belt around his loins.
11:6 The wolf shall live with the lamb, the leopard shall lie down with the kid, the calf and the lion and the fatling together, and a little child shall lead them.
11:7 The cow and the bear shall graze, their young shall lie down together; and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.
11:8 The nursing child shall play over the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put its hand on the adder's den.
11:9 They will not hurt or destroy on all my holy mountain; for the earth will be full of the knowledge of the LORD as the waters cover the sea.
11:10 On that day the root of Jesse shall stand as a signal to the peoples; the nations shall inquire of him, and his dwelling shall be glorious.
Walter Morton for Journay Across the Line
Wow! This one is really deep! Isaiah was one smart cookie! The characteristics he spoke of scream-Get a clue, hold on to it and listen to the Holy Spirit! Knowledge without the temperament of wisdom is useless and while many aspire to holding the title of the grand poo-bah of trivia, unfortunately ambiguously inane facts don’t equal wisdom. And although wearing the long fuzzy robe with the big hat of knowing and trendy matching accessories is delightfully charming, it’s critical to seek God’s truth and wisdom in all things. Love the plant in the light bulb picture…it proves a picture is indeed worth a gazillion words--not the least of which are; energy, light, growth, ideas etc. Makes me think of Robert Frost’s “Nothing Gold Can Stay “ ---‘Nature’s first green is gold…I could go on and on listing how God has blessed me today, however, He has currently blessed me with the wisdom to know not to eat cold soggy popcorn…and right now it‘s warm and fluffy….ha ha it’s “light pop corn“ …popped in an electric “pop light” popcorn machine thingy…And Lord, thank You for this blog, corn that pops and semi-heated non-hydrogenated butter flavored popcorn oil like substance! Yep, this is deep stuff, love it! ……..<“)))>><
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