A SEASON OF MIRACLES

I have never really thought about this verse much in the past 50 years.

Isaiah 11:1 - A shoot will come up from the stump of Jesse; from his roots a Branch will bear fruit. 

In the next verses it goes on to speak about the coming Messiah.  The people God had chosen from the time of Abraham had gone through a lot to trouble, turmoil, persecution and revolt.  They had honored and praised Him in some time periods and turned on Him and denied Him and followed other gods in other times.  They had almost been wiped off the face of the earth several times yet a small remnant remained and this remnant happened to be of the linage that would fulfill the words of the prophet Isaiah.  Throughout scripture God spoke to the prophets, the prophets spoke to the people and in time the prophesy came to pass.  What Isaiah spoke in this verse came true about 400 years later when the Jewish people had been almost annihilated by their enemies during that 400 years.

Jesus was a miracle from birth to death to resurrection! 

I AM was here on earth in the flesh!

This verse is also for us as followers of Jesus Christ. God can take an old dead stump and turn it into a living branch that will bear fruit.  Gardner's and landscaper's will tell you they have seen this happen. Life can dish out the very worst but God can make something good out of each tribulation if we are willing to work with Him and trust Him. Just like that dead old stump He can grow a new branch in each of us so that we can bear fruit for His kingdom.  

My own life took a huge turn when my husband died two years ago.  I have been feeling like an old dead stump since then but today this verse has hit my spirIt and I hear the Lord telling me to watch what He can do.  He can send up a new shoot, a new branch in me!  One that can bear fruit for Him! It does take time for a branch to grow into a fruit producing branch so I will need to be still and have patience as this newness takes hold of me.  

John 15:5 - I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.

John 15:4 - Remain in me, as I also remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me.

I have great hope and trust God that something miraculous is happening in my life and I know this can be the same for so many others.  The seasons of life can be very hard but just knowing our Father can cause a new branch in an old dead stump to grow is a hope in miracles.