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Isa. 11
1 Then a shoot will spring from the stem of Jesse, And a branch from his roots will bear fruit.
2 And 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.
3 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;
4 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.
5 Also righteousness will be the belt about His loins, And faithfulness the belt about His waist.
6 And the wolf will dwell with the lamb, And the leopard will lie down with the kid, And the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; And a little boy will lead them.
7 Also the cow and the bear will graze; Their young will lie down together; And the lion will eat straw like the ox.
8 And the nursing child will play by the hole of the cobra, And the weaned child will put his hand on the viper′s den.
9 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.
10 Then it will come about in that day That 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.
11 Then it will happen on that day that the Lord Will again recover the second time with His hand The remnant of His people, who will remain, From Assyria, Egypt, Pathros, Cush, Elam, Shinar, Hamath, And from the islands of the sea.
12 And He will lift up a standard for the nations, And will assemble the banished ones of Israel, And will gather the dispersed of Judah From the four corners of the earth.
13 Then the jealousy of Ephraim will depart, And those who harass Judah will be cut off; Ephraim will not be jealous of Judah, And Judah will not harass Ephraim.
14 And they will swoop down on the slopes of the Philistines on the west; Together they will plunder the sons of the east; They will possess Edom and Moab; And the sons of Ammon will be subject to them.
15 And the LORD will utterly destroy The tongue of the Sea of Egypt; And He will wave His hand over the River With His scorching wind; And He will strike it into seven streams, And make [men] walk over dry-shod.
16 And there will be a highway from Assyria For the remnant of His people who will be left, Just as there was for Israel In the day that they came up out of the land of Egypt.

Isa. 11:3

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; [NASB]

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He will delight in the fear of the LORD --

The fear of the Lord is knowing that we cannot survive without a living and constant connection with God by His Spirit. It is knowing that ALL our life comes from this connection with God.

I had a question once about the "fear of the Lord." I wanted to know what it meant and so I asked God to teach me:

He showed me a Gemeni capsule orbiting the earth. One of the astronauts was doing a "space walk." He was about 20 feet from the capsule, connected to it by a tether. Not only did the tether keep him from drifting off, all of his cooling water and oxigen were in the tether. In the vision, I saw a giant pair of scissors heading for the tether. Fear filled my heart. If that connection was severed, the astronaut would die. "This," He told me, "is the fear of the Lord." IT IS KNOWING THAT WE NEED THAT CONSTANT CONNECTION WITH GOD OR WE WILL DIE. Many people treat our relationship with God too casually, as if it were optional.

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NOTE: The tether umbilical cord for Ed White's spacewalk during the Gemini 4 mission included the following elements:

  • Oxygen hose: This silicone rubber hose supplied the astronaut with oxygen from the spacecraft.
  • Nylon tether: This flat nylon tether had a high tensile strength (1,000 pounds). It physically secured the astronaut to the capsule and prevented drifting.
  • Communications lead: An electrical lead provided voice communication between the astronaut and the spacecraft.
  • Electrical connectors: Four electrical connectors transmitted suit and systems data.
  • Protective covering: A heat-treated gold-layered nylon sheath protected the components from heat and damage.

(by William Bell - - Aug. 26, 2025, 10:09 p.m.
He will not judge by what His eyes see, Nor make a decision by what His ears hear --

Jesus relied on the Holy Spirit and not by what his physical senses told Him. We need to learn this lesson. Our physical senses are not sufficient to make an informed decision about many things. We often judge the situation by what we see and hear, but we often misread what is the truth. Jesus told us tha the Holy Spirit would lead us into "all truth" (John 16:13). Jesus identified the Holy Spirit as the "Spirit of Truth."

We need to be careful to rely on the Holy Spirit before making a decision or taking an action. It only takes a minute. Stop and listen before you move. He will tell you if you are heading in the wrong direction.

(by William Bell - - Aug. 27, 2025, 4:03 p.m.

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