The God of the remnants…. (devo reflection)

Isaiah 37:4 “It may be that the Lord your God will hear the words of the field commander, whom his master, the king of Assyria, has sent to ridicule the living God, and that he will rebuke him for the words the Lord your God has heard. Therefore pray for the remnant that still survives.”
My mom had a fabric shop when I was growing up, so the mention of the word remnant puts me in mind of fabric, specifically the last little bit on a bolt. It would be easy to discount remnants as useless scraps; however, they would be packaged and sold to quilters and turned into beautiful, warm quilts. Those remnants were used in powerful ways.
Isaiah 37:20 “Now, Lord our God, deliver us from his hand, so that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that you, Lord, are the only God.”
I think God has a similar view of remnants, not as scraps to be thrown away but as valuable resources to be remade into something useful and powerful.
Isaiah 37:31 Once more a remnant of the kingdom of Judah will take root below and bear fruit above.
Lord, You are the God of the remnants. May we, when we feel like useless scraps, see Your power to remake us into something useful in Your kingdom work. Amen.
Isaiah 37:35 “I will defend this city and save it, for my sake and for the sake of David my servant!”
Have a blessed day.