Jesus restores what you’ve lost.
Isaiah prophesies the kingdom of Judah’s downfall at the hands of the Assyrians. The people of God are like a tree felled to a stump. But all is not lost. From that stump, the remnant of Israel, God’s Messiah will come, and he will restore all that has been lost.
On a personal level, we all suffer loss to various degrees. Sometimes we’re responsible, other times we’re not. Jesus, our Messiah, full of God’s spirit, comes to restore all that has been lost: our place in creation, our relationship with God, and our mission to the world.
By Ed Flint