And I felt the need to share it in it's entirety.
What an amazing chapter.
God's timing is impeccable.
ISAIAH 61
The Year of the Lord’s Favor
1The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is on me, because the Lord has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives and release from darkness for the prisoners, 2to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor and the day of vengeance of our God, to comfort all who mourn, 3and provide for those who grieve in Zion—to bestow on them a crown of beauty instead of ashes, the oil of joy instead of mourning, and a garment of praise instead of a spirit of despair. They will be called oaks of righteousness, a planting of the Lord for the display of his splendor.
Wow. God is doing a work. He is in our despair, He is in our confusion, we are not alone in our trials and struggles. God is moving in our favor. He's breaking our chains, He's showing us freedom, He is our ever present help in trouble. He brings hope to the broken-hearted, He restores us from our deepest sorrows to victory.
4They will rebuild the ancient ruins and restore the places long devastated; they will renew the ruined cities that have been devastated for generations. 5Strangers will shepherd your flocks; foreigners will work your fields and vineyards. 6And you will be called priests of the Lord, you will be named ministers of our God.You will feed on the wealth of nations, and in their riches you will boast.
7Instead of your shame you will receive a double portion, and instead of disgrace you will rejoice in your inheritance. And so you will inherit a double portion in your land, and everlasting joy will be yours.
8“For I, the Lord, love justice; I hate robbery and wrong doing. In my faithfulness I will reward my people and make an everlasting covenant with them. 9Their descendants will be known among the nations and their offspring among the peoples. All who see them will acknowledge that they are a people the Lord has blessed.”
In everything that our world is dealing with right now, God is moving in His people. He is calling us to speak His truths. He is promising that our children and their children, and so forth, will see the work that we did while our world was in crisis, and they will see the blessings that God has brought out of this.
10I delight greatly in the Lord; my soul rejoices in my God. For he has clothed me with garments of salvation and arrayed me in a robe of his righteousness, as a bridegroom adorns his head like a priest, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels. 11For as the soil makes the sprout come up and a garden causes seeds to grow, so the Sovereign Lord will make righteousness and praise spring up before all nations.
Every little seed that you don't even KNOW you're planting right now is going to grow and blossom and yield fruit, when the season is ready. God is moving in all of His children! This is a season of sowing!
Sow His seeds!
1The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is on me, because the Lord has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives and release from darkness for the prisoners, 2to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor and the day of vengeance of our God, to comfort all who mourn, 3and provide for those who grieve in Zion—to bestow on them a crown of beauty instead of ashes, the oil of joy instead of mourning, and a garment of praise instead of a spirit of despair. They will be called oaks of righteousness, a planting of the Lord for the display of his splendor.
Wow. God is doing a work. He is in our despair, He is in our confusion, we are not alone in our trials and struggles. God is moving in our favor. He's breaking our chains, He's showing us freedom, He is our ever present help in trouble. He brings hope to the broken-hearted, He restores us from our deepest sorrows to victory.
7Instead of your shame you will receive a double portion, and instead of disgrace you will rejoice in your inheritance. And so you will inherit a double portion in your land, and everlasting joy will be yours.
In everything that our world is dealing with right now, God is moving in His people. He is calling us to speak His truths. He is promising that our children and their children, and so forth, will see the work that we did while our world was in crisis, and they will see the blessings that God has brought out of this.
Every little seed that you don't even KNOW you're planting right now is going to grow and blossom and yield fruit, when the season is ready. God is moving in all of His children! This is a season of sowing!
Sow His seeds!
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