Isiah 11:1-10 Devotional

[Gregory Matthews]

See:

http://atoday.org/shoots-and-branches/

For a brief statement:

When were you last chopped down by painful circumstance? What were the bands of iron and bronze with which God bound you? (This may have felt like safety or may have felt like further imprisonment; it depends on the circumstances and on the state of your spirit when it happens.) What dews of heaven fell on and nourished you? What commonality did you share with the beasts of the field, and—looking back—can you yet see that the time this sorrow lasted was perfect, like Nebuchadnezzar’s “seven periods of time”?

 

[debbym]

our highest position is not in the glory of everything being under our control, and being lifted above our cares, and doing whatever we wish,

but rather being bent down before the Lord of our redemption, obtaining life in exchange for gratification, and holiness in exchange for self justification.

it remind me of Micah 7:8 ESV  

Rejoice not over me, O my enemy;
    when I fall, I shall rise;
when I sit in darkness,
    the Lord will be a light to me.