Sept. 12

Isaiah 11:1-5

We've all  read this passage many times and maybe someone has already had this revelation so please bear with me as share mine for the first time.  As I was reading this, I not only saw the  prophetic vision of the Messiah, I also saw a perspective of how to live a God directed, spirit filled life.  Being created in God's image, as we follow Jesus, our journey conforms us to His image.  In these verses we see what empowered Christ.  "The Ruach of Adonai (Spirit of the Lord) will rest upon Him, Spirit of Wisdom and insight, Spirit of Counsel and might, Spirit of knowledge and the fear of Adonai.  His delight will be in the fear of Adonai" (v1-3)  Jesus' life was driven by the complete Spirit that rested upon Him.  The Branch that came forth from the stem was full of life. Jesus lived His earthly life as a man filled with the Spirit of God. Just like Jesus, our victory rests in our dependency. Our first prayer verse in our 40 days of prayer was John 15:5-7 and in it Jesus said that He is the vine, we are the branches and if we "abide" in Him, we will bear much fruit. I looked up the word "abide" in the original Hebrew and it means " to have breath in".  So just as Jesus had his very life and breath in the Spirit of God, we too have our life in the very breath of Jesus.  Our bodies are His temple, (1 Corinthians 6:19-20).  We live and move and have our being in Him.  This is how we live a victorious Christian life, staying in His word, and filled with God's Holy Spirit.  Lord, I pray for an increase of your Spirit on everyone reading this blog.  I pray Lord that by the power of Your Ruach Ha Kodesh (The Holy Spirit), that we love as You loved and serve as You served. I pray Lord we see with Your eyes, and hear as You heard. Let us be Your voice calling, let us be Your hands healing, let us bring Your hope and joy to this broken world. I pray Your Spirit rests upon us and by that power You let us be Your love to whoever you put in front of us today.

Randi