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MARCH 15<br />
HIS SPIRIT OF WISDOM<br />
“A shoot shall come out from the stump of Jesse, and a branch shall grow<br />
out of his roots. The spirit of the Lord shall rest on him, the spirit of wisdom<br />
and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge<br />
and the fear of the Lord. His delight shall be in the fear of the Lord. He shall<br />
not judge by what his eyes see, or decide by what his ears hear; but with<br />
righteousness he shall judge the poor, and decide with equity for the meek<br />
of the earth…” (Is 11: 1-4)<br />
This prophecy about the Messiah is read today in my church, on yet<br />
another day of Lent. So we continue to look “forward” to the coming of<br />
this righteous Judge, Who “shall not judge” as we do, “by what his eyes<br />
see, or decide by what His ears hear.” In our voluntary, Lenten exile to the<br />
times of the Old Testament, we look “forward” to the coming of a new<br />
kind of kingdom, with a King Who brings us His Spirit “of wisdom and<br />
understanding.”<br />
In any judgments or decisions I make today, let me rely not merely on<br />
what my eyes see, nor on what my ears hear. Let me rather ask for His<br />
Spirit, “of knowledge and fear of the Lord.” In the Body of Christ I am<br />
not alone, with my own wisdom, judgment, or understanding. So let me<br />
ask Christ for His judgment “with righteousness,” of whatever is going on<br />
today among us, “the poor and the meek of the earth.”<br />
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