“A shoot will come up from the stump of Jesse; from his roots a Branch will bear fruit. The Spirit of the Lord will rest on him— the Spirit of wisdom and of understanding, the Spirit of counsel and of might, the Spirit of the knowledge and fear of the Lord — and he will delight in the fear of the Lord. He will not judge by what he sees with his eyes, or decide by what he hears with his ears.”
Isaiah 11:1-3
We announced this past Sunday during house church that the Launch Team and I decided on a new name for our church plant: Perch.Church! I love the whimsical, thought-provoking, and inviting vibe that comes with the name Perch.Church. It inspired me to look up passages in the Bible that had the word “perch” or “branch” in it and I came across Isaiah 11:1-5. It’s a prophecy from the ancient book of Isaiah. The “Branch” the prophet Isaiah was referring to was Jesus and He would embody biblical values (v.2), open-mindedness (v.3), service oriented (v.4), and relational (vv.3-5). All of the values we desire as a church. So while Jesus may have been the Branch of Jesse, the church is to be the branch of Jesus.
