A Root Out of Dry Ground
“For He grew up before Him like a tender shoot, And like a root out of dry ground;” Isaiah 53:2 a
From what I can tell by Scripture, Jesus Messiah did not live an easy breezy life on earth. Isaiah 53 speaks of Him as being our suffering Servant. He was despised, rejected, and had no beauty in appearance that we would be attracted to Him. He lived an ordinary life as the son of a carpenter. He endured the shame of being conceived before marriage. (quite a deal in that time)
One follower, Nathanael, sincerely asked regarding Jesus, "Can anything good come out of Nazareth?" The answer was, Yes! And so it is with us. Can anything good come out of our dry and despised places? Yes! Absolutely, Yes!!!
With God... all things are possible.
““Can anything good come from Nazareth?” Nathanael asked. “Come and see,” said Philip.”
“Who has believed what he has heard from us? And to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed? For He grew up before Him like a young plant, and like a root out of dry ground; He had no form or majesty that we should look at Him, and no beauty that we should desire Him.
He was despised and rejected by men,
a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief; and as one from whom men hide their faces he was despised, and we esteemed him not.”