Opening: What is your favorite “It will never happen phrase”? You know, like
“when pigs fly.” What others do you know?
Scripture: Read
Isaiah 11:1-16.
Connect
the Text with Your Life:
- Look through today’s passage. What characteristics does Isaiah describe that fit Jesus?
- What are the things you know God wants you to change in your life that you think will never happen? How do you feel when God promises that “the wolf and the lamb will live together; the leopard will lie down with the baby goat… the baby will play safely near the hole of a cobra…”?[1]
- Verse 11 talks about God bringing back a remnant. If He promises to bring this remnant back, then it stands to reason that He knows where they are. Not matter what situation you are in or place you find yourself, God knows where you are. He is still the “banner of salvation” (see verse 10).
Prayer
Focus: That we would “delight in obeying the LORD”, “not
judge by appearance nor make a decision based on hearsay” and “give justice to
the poor.” (From Isaiah 11:3-4, NLT)
