Do you ever speak words of prophecy?
Today I ran across a verse of prophesy in my Bible reading. I’m reading the book of Isaiah since it tells of Jesus Christ’s coming centuries before He came to earth. Since we’re close to Christmas, I like to hear what was told about his birth by the prophets.
In Isaiah 7:14 I read the familiar passage: “Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel.”
The funny thing is, this tender verse is in the middle of a pep talk between God and Ahaz about how Ahaz should go into battle for the Lord and how he should not fear. The Prophet Isaiah is there and in the middle of the discussion he plops down this verse into the midst of their battle plan.
It seems strangely out of place to have these words of prophesy spoken when they’re talking about destruction and conquering other nations.
And yet I believe Isaiah spoke with God’s words in his mouth.
It makes me wonder—how often do we hear other people give us words of godly instruction and wisdom and we don’t recognize them for what they are because we’re in the middle of some situation that we think takes our concentration?
Even more mind-boggling: Do we ever allow God to use us to speak words of wisdom to others?
It’s something to think about as we approach the Christmas season and the day we celebrate as Christ’s birth. Throughout the stress of the next few weeks, try to allow God’s peace and assurance invade your soul so all you relay to others is His peace.
Quite a task -- but God is up to it.
Take care.
Kayleen Reusser
Kjreusser@adamswells.com
www.KayleenR.com
In Isaiah 7:14 I read the familiar passage: “Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel.”
The funny thing is, this tender verse is in the middle of a pep talk between God and Ahaz about how Ahaz should go into battle for the Lord and how he should not fear. The Prophet Isaiah is there and in the middle of the discussion he plops down this verse into the midst of their battle plan.
It seems strangely out of place to have these words of prophesy spoken when they’re talking about destruction and conquering other nations.
And yet I believe Isaiah spoke with God’s words in his mouth.
It makes me wonder—how often do we hear other people give us words of godly instruction and wisdom and we don’t recognize them for what they are because we’re in the middle of some situation that we think takes our concentration?
Even more mind-boggling: Do we ever allow God to use us to speak words of wisdom to others?
It’s something to think about as we approach the Christmas season and the day we celebrate as Christ’s birth. Throughout the stress of the next few weeks, try to allow God’s peace and assurance invade your soul so all you relay to others is His peace.
Quite a task -- but God is up to it.
Take care.
Kayleen Reusser
Kjreusser@adamswells.com
www.KayleenR.com
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