The Spirit of the Lord will rest on him

Isaiah 11 : 1- 10

..the Spirit of wisdom and of understanding, ...of counsel and of power...

How wonderful to know that our Lord Jesus Christ, God incarnate, is described here by the prophet Isaiah. We live in a time when Jesus' coming has been fulfilled. We have seen and experienced him through the gospels and indeed the description here is an accurate one. Clothed in human flesh, he was one who possessed wisdom and looked at the world through his Father's eyes. Deep understanding was his. Counsel enabled him to discern his Father's voice so that his Father guided him in every decision. His courage in the face of suffering was born of the strength of his Father. He knew his Father's abiding love and care. His 'fear of the Lord' was a reverence that delighted in the ways of God, a delight that could not deter him from fulfilling God's will for him.

The Messiah came to transform, to make all things new and whole. He came to bring justice to the needy and the poor of the earth. He came to bring peace to a creation torn by enmity and strife. We are still in many ways experiencing that brokenness. And yet, because we do believe, we know in that deep place in our hearts, that God is transforming the earth, not on our time scale but in his perfect time. We long and wait for the day when all strife will cease, when even the creatures will lie down together. Meanwhile, we as we ourselves are changed, we long to be used as God's instruments of transformation.