by Missy Grant

What does your planned day look like? Are you busier than you ought to be? Are you stressing and messing? Are you wishing for more hours in the day then He granted us? Are you hustling and bustling for activities devoid of Him? STOP. Take a few minutes...spend some time with Him right now.....maybe this will help:

"Then a shoot will spring from the stem of Jesse,

And a branch from his roots will bear fruit.

The Spirit of the LORD will rest on Him,

The spirit of wisdom and understanding,

The spirit of counsel and strength,

The spirit of knowledge and the fear of the LORD.

And He will delight in the fear of the LORD,

And He will not judge by what His eyes see,

Nor make a decision by what His ears hear;

But with righteousness He will judge the poor,

And decide with fairness for the afflicted of the earth;

And He will strike the earth with the rod of His mouth,

And with the breath of His lips He will slay the wicked.

Also righteousness will be the belt about His loins,

And faithfulness the belt about His waist.

And the wolf will dwell with the lamb,

And the leopard will lie down with the young goat,

And the calf and the young lion and the fatling together;

And a little boy will lead them.

Also the cow and the bear will graze,

Their young will lie down together,

And the lion will eat straw like the ox.

The nursing child will play by the hole of the cobra,

And the weaned child will put his hand on the viper's den.

They will not hurt or destroy in all My holy mountain,

For the earth will be full of the knowledge of the LORD

As the waters cover the sea.

Then in that day

The nations will resort to the root of Jesse,

Who will stand as a signal for the peoples;

And His resting place will be glorious."

Isaiah 11:1-10

"For a child will be born to us, a son will be given to us;

And the government will rest on His shoulders;

And His name will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God,

Eternal Father, Prince of Peace.

There will be no end to the increase of His government or of peace,

On the throne of David and over his kingdom,

To establish it and to uphold it with justice and righteousness

From then on and forevermore

The zeal of the LORD of hosts will accomplish this."

Isaiah 9:6-7

Lord, we praise your sovereign hand. Your words of life are sustaining and bring true peace and joy. In this season, Lord, where our 'world' pushes and pulls us into 'doing' rather than 'being', may we "Cease striving and know you are God." Let us be Daniels in our time...standing firm in the faith, standing firm in the seasonal lion's den and proclaiming "Let the name of God be blessed forever and ever, for wisdom and power belong to Him." Amen.