The Stumps Of Jesse

Thursday, March 21, 2019

In Isaiah 11, it’s prophesied that a shoot will spring forth from the root of Jesse. But the Hebrew is more explicit. It literally says, "a shoot will spring forth from the stump of Jesse." The word is specifically about a tree which has been cut down. That’s a perfect description of Messiah. He came forth out of the fallen, cut off, and cast down Kingdom of David. When it looked most hopeless, that’s when He was born out of it. That’s the way of Messiah and His blessings. He is born from the broken, the cut-down, the fallen, the unlikely, and the hopeless. And that’s the way He’s born into our lives. It is when we are at our lowest points, when we have nothing to offer of our own, and everything seems seems impossible- that’s the root of Jesse, or rather, that’s the Stump of Jesse. So don’t despair over the stumps in your life, or those things which have fallen, been cut down, or become hopeless. For out of such stumps are born the blessings, the presence, and the miracle, of Messiah!

From Message #1151 - The Tzemach