From the Kitchen Table
Advent Day 5
There shall come forth a shoot from the stump of Jesse, and a branch from his roots shall bear fruit. And the Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him, the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and might, the Spirit of knowledge and the fear of the Lord. And his delight shall be in the fear of the Lord. He shall not judge by what his eyes see, or decide disputes by what his ears hear, but with righteousness he shall judge the poor, and decide with equity for the meek of the earth; and he shall strike the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips he shall kill the wicked. Righteousness shall be the belt of his waist, and faithfulness the belt of his loins. The wolf shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the young goat, and the calf and the lion and the fattened calf together; and a little child shall lead them. The cow and the bear shall graze; their young shall lie down together; and the lion shall eat straw like the ox. The nursing child shall play over the hole of the cobra, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the adder’s den. They shall not hurt or destroy in all my holy mountain; for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord as the waters cover the sea. In that day the root of Jesse, who shall stand as a signal for the peoples—of him shall the nations inquire, and his resting place shall be glorious. Isaiah 11:1-10
We know the plans of God through the promises of God. God promised a Savior, Ruler who would come from the bloodline of Jesse, King David’s father. He would rescue, restore, return and revive God’s plans for God’s creation. And He would do those things by the Spirit of the Lord, in the fear of the Lord, with the righteousness of the Lord for the will of the Lord. In Jesus, this Savior, King was born and through Jesus, God brought His promise on these premises to accomplish His purposes. And not only did Jesus bring God’s promise to this place but He revealed what kind of people would live in those promises. We know what God’s plans are by hearing what God’s promise is and we become the people of those plans by following the person of those promises. If you want to know what the Christian life looks like, look at Christ. If you want to know what the Christian life is like, live like Jesus did, in the power, perspective and purpose of the Holy Spirit.
From the Kitchen Table 