How can it be?
Yet now hear, O Jacob my servant; and Israel, whom I have chosen: Thus saith the LORD that made thee, and formed thee from the womb, which will help thee; Fear not, O Jacob, my servant; and thou, Jesurun, whom I have chosen. For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring: And they shall spring up as among the grass, as willows by the water courses.
Isaiah 44: 1-4
Obviously, humanity is fully incapable of properly showing and reciprocating love. This gift, we only receive from the Father. Therefore, when we love down here it is often unrequited.
Nevertheless, here in Isaiah, the Creator speaks to Jacob, the despised, reminding him of his birthright. In Isaiah 44, the Creator, Giver of all things reminds Jacob that he was no mistake, that he has been loved anc cared for since inception.
Not only is he noticed, loved, designed— but he has a most Holy protector. There is a deliverer of note who has chosen him, touched him in the process of forming him, Who finds some usefulness in him, allowing him to be His servant. Chosen, again, and given a meaningful nickname.
If you have ever been very thirsty, very hot or very dry, the pouring out of water over you is a tactile experience to which you can perhaps relate. The arid desert of the soul, drenched from the unending fountain of perfection, finding a foothold in the ethereal darkness becomes able. In the next lines, it brings forth seed.
Like the welcome flood, the Spirit falls on the seed. The offspring is blessed— what a miracle of Love, that we even have offspring!
How deeply intimately is our heart known to the Warm Hand that formed it. How passionately He comforts, revealing that future and hope (Jeremiah 29:11). Jacob, the despised, who had to fight for everything he had, was actually chosen. Jacob would be shepherded and blessed with new life.
Shema, Ya'acov! Listen, Jacob! The Lord God, Creator of all things, the Eternal, Only Divine Name, Loves you and will keep you, defend you, reproduce you...
Isaiah 44: 1-4
Obviously, humanity is fully incapable of properly showing and reciprocating love. This gift, we only receive from the Father. Therefore, when we love down here it is often unrequited.
Nevertheless, here in Isaiah, the Creator speaks to Jacob, the despised, reminding him of his birthright. In Isaiah 44, the Creator, Giver of all things reminds Jacob that he was no mistake, that he has been loved anc cared for since inception.
Not only is he noticed, loved, designed— but he has a most Holy protector. There is a deliverer of note who has chosen him, touched him in the process of forming him, Who finds some usefulness in him, allowing him to be His servant. Chosen, again, and given a meaningful nickname.
If you have ever been very thirsty, very hot or very dry, the pouring out of water over you is a tactile experience to which you can perhaps relate. The arid desert of the soul, drenched from the unending fountain of perfection, finding a foothold in the ethereal darkness becomes able. In the next lines, it brings forth seed.
Like the welcome flood, the Spirit falls on the seed. The offspring is blessed— what a miracle of Love, that we even have offspring!
How deeply intimately is our heart known to the Warm Hand that formed it. How passionately He comforts, revealing that future and hope (Jeremiah 29:11). Jacob, the despised, who had to fight for everything he had, was actually chosen. Jacob would be shepherded and blessed with new life.
Shema, Ya'acov! Listen, Jacob! The Lord God, Creator of all things, the Eternal, Only Divine Name, Loves you and will keep you, defend you, reproduce you...
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