Isaiah - Verse By Verse

Isaiah - Day 81

versebyverse | August 23, 2008 22:04

Scripture:  Isaiah 5:1 (NIV):  "I will sing for the one I love a song about his vineyard:  My loved one had a vineyard on a fertile hillside."

Thought:  To me it is a privilege to read of the love God has for us.  The scriptures overflow with warm reassurance.

Question:  Do I know God has a plan of love for me?

Remember, God is speaking here.  He is The Lover of our souls and we are His beloved ones, we who receive what He gives us:  His Son.  The gift of Christ is brought to us like the most beautiful song imagineable.

The beautiful poetry of the prophet Isaiah could never outshine the deep truth of this divinely inspired scripture:  God has a work of love to accomplish!  He has invested Himself in His people Israel.  He has a vision of fruitfulness.  He has goals in His mind's eye.

This also can apply to the church age and to us as believers in Christ.  God retains us as a project of growth and fruitbearing.  We, the vineyard "project" cannot produce wildly on our own.  No vineyard survives long without maintenance and care.  We begin in the fertility of Christ as our Savior and foundation:  God the Father is the "lanowner" and His Son is the "vinedresser".  God becomes our true Father through the work Christ completed on the cross. 

Will we let Him work in us to fruitfulness?

Prayer:  Lord, I want to be a "good" vineyard:  fruitful, free of "weeds" and pleasing to You!  I pray today to that end.  Amen. 

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