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Isaiah 53:2-- the prophecy of Jesus Coming and being born. He is born in the slums in a barn, born a carpenter's son and fleeing the tyrant Herod. He has nothing of any glamor or power when He is born. Nothing like what we see with today's celebrities and other famous people. The image of a tender green root coming up from the dry unusable ground is Jesus being nothing, someone no one knew. From the beginning He gained recognition from people hearing the stories about His miracles. He gained more recognition not based on what he had or how he looked, but on how he treated people and how he was following the Word and fulfilling prophecies. The passage says that Jesus grew up in the Lord, and shows us how we should grow up with the Lord and not let the things in our lives control us.

Let us be able to fall back on Him, or if we are to fall completely, He will be there to pick us up. This also shows our God’s commitment to His people, what He told them, and how He was going to do it. We can put our trust in the Lord no matter what. Even if it takes a hundred years or more, the Lord is true. When relating this to your day-to-day life, when you find yourself in a slump, there is always good you can do to help other people follow the Lord, even when it is hard.