That does seem like the true test doesn't it? There are times though that I wonder. I see some ministries on television that astound me. They seem to be blessed with huge crowds, huge churches, etc. but when I listen I don't learn anything. I just hear one or two scriptures then the rest of the hour is music, passing the plate, selling items and telling stories about their great aunt Hattie - just a big show.
Oh well, one day I'll understand what it's all about.
By the way, your name has always caught my interest. I've gone to Is.7:23 and I'm afraid I still don't understand. Can you explain it to me please?
And it shall come to pass in that day, that every place shall be, where there were a thousand vines at a thousand silverlings, it shall even be for briers and thorns.
Yes, Isaiah is speaking of a future land, historically Galilee,where oxen and sheep will graze.(For those with ears to hear) A remnant will return and the land will be abundant for them though it looks like briars and thorns to others. Previously there were one thousand vines worth one thousand pieces of silver, or conversely, the vines put forth put forth a thousand silvery shoots in fertility.
Note the whole chapter for understanding. We have a prophecy from a great prophet to the House of David. The message is also to put your trust in the Lord, not in men.
Solomon had a vineyard at Baalhamon; he let out the vineyard unto keepers; every one for the fruit thereof was to bring a thousand pieces of silver.
From this verse I think it is meant to show the high value of the Lord's people, for we are the fruit of the vineyard. In Isaiah, before the invasion of Ephraim by the Assyrians, the land was doubly blessed.