A Hopeful Start

"They will spring up among the grass, like willows by the watercourses." Isaiah 44:4

Good morning... good n' cold that is! This morning as I struggled to find silence in my heart, the Lord gave me a very hopeful verse. Some of you know trees that grow seemingly overnight. You mow your lawn and - heyo! where did these trees come from? This verse reminds me of that. A promise that we will spring up from among the grass of humanity, not for our own glory, but for the glory of God. One evening the grass appears all the same. There appears nothing above the common crowd. The angels have nothing to swing the sickle at for the harvest to come. Then, the morning dawns. God's new mercies are distributed like rain over the grass once more, and what is this? Tender, young trees have shot up overnight. Salvation has brought forth a small forest among the grass by the river. Who are these little trees?

They are us, you and me, we accepted Jesus as Lord and now we have grown above the grass of the world. Like trees everywhere, we all point up to God. As trees above the crowd, we will take the brunt of the winds of scorn flowing across the land. We are tended with loving care by the Master though, so fear not those winds. One day, we will grow under this care and shade the grass beneath our limbs. That is the spreading of the good news of Jesus Christ. The harvest will come, but only when the number of trees is complete.

I like a hopeful start to the day. One verse from God's word is all that it takes to get me started. How much more then can one of His books do? Or the entire Bible? Praise God for the new day!

Bucky