About a year ago I was awoken out of a deep sleep and audibly heard "Sing Oh Barren..."

Over and over again. After digging into the word I discovered these words are written in Isaiah 54 as the Prophet speaks on behalf of God as he encourages the remnant. Many Bibles call this passage "The future Glory of Zion".

What I came to realize in that moment is that in the middle of what felt like hoplessness, intense pruning, and defeat the Lord was speaking life back into a place that felt barren. A spiritual womb that once held expectation and big dreams, that was fading quickly.

When the Lord spoke this word to me the weight of it was immense. I knew this wasn't just a word of encouragement for me. This was a lighthouse message beaconing life to a barren generation who felt they were dying in the wilderness.

To be barren is to have the potential to carry life and promise and to not be able to bring that life forth. The inability to conceive.

the potential is there, but it doesn't take root. Did you catch that?

Our Spiritual wombs are much the same.

This chapter in Isaiah encourages the remnant to sing regardless of their barren situation, and find hope that Jehovah is able to expand and multiple our situations that look the most bleak.

I could talk about this for hours, friend. But in order to keep this carb boost short & sweet I want to encourage you today to read this Chapter in Isaiah 54. I will place the MSG version below ( i love the language here..)

Lastly - turn on this song linked at the end of the scripture about resurrection and remember that with Jesus, nothing is hopeless.

“Sing, barren woman, who has never had a baby.

Fill the air with song, you who’ve never experienced childbirth!

You’re ending up with far more children

than all those childbearing women.” God says so!

“Clear lots of ground for your tents!

Make your tents large. Spread out! Think big!

Use plenty of rope,

drive the tent pegs deep.

You’re going to need lots of elbow room

for your growing family.

You’re going to take over whole nations;

you’re going to resettle abandoned cities.

Don’t be afraid—you’re not going to be embarrassed.

Don’t hold back—you’re not going to come up short.

You’ll forget all about the humiliations of your youth,

and the indignities of being a widow will fade from memory.

For your Maker is your bridegroom,

his name, God-of-the-Angel-Armies!

Your Redeemer is The Holy of Israel,

known as God of the whole earth.

You were like an abandoned wife, devastated with grief,

and God welcomed you back,

Like a woman married young

and then left,” says your God.

7-8 Your Redeemer God says:

“I left you, but only for a moment.

Now, with enormous compassion, I’m bringing you back.

In an outburst of anger I turned my back on you—

but only for a moment.

It’s with lasting love

that I’m tenderly caring for you.

9-10

“This exile is just like the days of Noah for me:

I promised then that the waters of Noah

would never again flood the earth.

I’m promising now no more anger,

no more dressing you down.

For even if the mountains walk away

and the hills fall to pieces,

My love won’t walk away from you,

my covenant commitment of peace won’t fall apart.”

The God who has compassion on you says so.

11-17

“Afflicted city, storm-battered, unpitied:

I’m about to rebuild you with stones of turquoise,

Lay your foundations with sapphires,

construct your towers with rubies,

Your gates with jewels,

and all your walls with precious stones.

All your children will have God for their teacher—

what a mentor for your children!

You’ll be built solid, grounded in righteousness,

far from any trouble—nothing to fear!

far from terror—it won’t even come close!

If anyone attacks you,

don’t for a moment suppose that I sent them,

And if any should attack,

nothing will come of it.

I create the blacksmith

who fires up his forge

and makes a weapon designed to kill.

I also create the destroyer—

but no weapon that can hurt you has ever been forged.

Any accuser who takes you to court

will be dismissed as a liar.

This is what God’s servants can expect.

I’ll see to it that everything works out for the best.”

God’s Decree.