More Than Enough
By Dean Collins
Imagine being walled into the city and surrounded by a large and overpowering army with no way to escape or fight back. That was the situation of those who lived in Jerusalem when the Assyrian army surrounded them (Isaiah 10). Destruction was coming. Yet, even as Isaiah prophesied about this tragic situation, he simultaneously told the people of Jerusalem that all was not lost. A remnant would appear.
If you are in need of food, money, healing, or help, you generally want to be supplied with abundance. The idea of a remnant, a fragment, a trace, or a smidge of help doesn’t feel like much help at all. And that is true when we look at our situation from the perspective of the world. But scripture gives us a different answer. In God’s economy, a remnant is more than enough.
Maybe in your situation you want a truck load of help, but hear the word of the Lord concerning what can happen with a remnant:
- For the Lord God of hosts will make a full end, as decreed, in the midst of all the earth
- There shall come forth a shoot from the stump
- A branch from its roots shall bear fruit
- They shall not hurt or destroy in all my holy mountain
We can see the fulfillment of Isaiah 11 in the coming of Jesus. Isaiah wrote that the Spirit of the Lord will rest upon him. When Jesus was baptized by John the Baptist, the scriptures tell us that the heavens opened, and the Holy Spirit descended upon him. That is pretty specific and a fulfillment of Isaiah’s prophecy. But there is more to come!
When Jesus returns to bring heaven and earth together in his new creation plan, we will see all that Isaiah wrote about fulfilled. So, what do we do in between the resurrection of Jesus and the final fulfillment of God’s will being completed on earth as it is in heaven? We lean into the promises of scripture. We trust the hints, the traces, and the remnants that God allows us to see in this life, knowing that he is with us, in us, and will bring us to full sanctification in his time.
Father, today we ask for renewed faith. Help our unbelief when we find ourselves in moments of suffering and uncertainty. Thank you for the promises of scripture, that you do good and perfect work through the remnants and fragments of our faith. We love you and trust you and ask that you use us today to bring light to someone’s darkness. In Jesus’ name, amen.
Your Time with God’s Word
Isaiah 10:20-27, 11:1-11; Luke 3:21-22 ESV
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