Isaiah 4:2. “In that day shall the branch of the Lord be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the earth shall be excellent and comely for them that are escaped of Israel.” THE BRANCH. There is very little left after the times of evil and distress. But God still loves His own and will show His grace and bless. Those who survive have one defining characteristic that remains - Holy, is the Branch of the Lord, and holy is their name.
In times of judgment, God's people often despair. And sometimes forget that for His people He still does care. When sin takes its toll and a people are brought down - Only those who are called holy, are anywhere left to be found.
The Lord God remains the same, never changed by men Who deny Him and provoke Him because God doesn't yield to them. His name is “Holy” and wickedness cannot before Him survive. When judgment for sin is passed, the holy ones are still alive.
I don't really expect these days of increasing darkness to change. Increasingly people think a holy God is very strange. There is a mind-set in many that think God is who they want Him to be. To them God is only a concept or a force, not a Person they someday will see.
The Branch of the Lord to all those of us who know Him - Is a suitable title for Him, by those of us who are just little limbs. Through the Branch, and someday spread over all the earth - There will be that nurturing fruit of grace of inestimable worth.
Like a small branch in the Vine, in Him I will abide. Grace to meet every need the Branch of the Lord will provide. I experience the beauty and glory of that Branch every day - Israel and the nations in the future will to the Branch, homage pay.
“How blessed I am Father, because of all that flows to me from the Living Vine. Keep me with a sense of gratitude through this whole day. May I never lose the awe of being joined to the Savior and accepted by Thee through Him. In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, Amen.”