Isaiah 11:1-10

Isaiah prophesies the kingdom of Judah’s downfall at the hands of the

Assyrians. The people of God are like a tree felled to a stump. But all is

not lost. From that stump, the remnant of Israel, God’s Messiah will come,

and he will restore all that has been lost.

On a personal level, we all suffer loss to various degrees. Sometimes we’re

responsible, other times we’re not. Jesus, our Messiah, full of God’s

spirit, comes to restore all that has been lost: our place in creation, our

relationship with God, and our mission to the world. 

By Ed Flint