Behold My Servant

Behold my servant, whom I uphold, my chosen, in whom my soul delights; I have put my Spirit upon him; he will bring forth justice to the nations. He will not cry aloud or lift up his voice, or make it heard in the street; a bruised reed he will not break, and a faintly burning wick he will not quench; he will faithfully bring forth justice. He will not grow faint or be discouraged till he has established justice in the earth; and the coastlands wait for his law.

Thus says God, the Lord, who created the heavens and stretched them out, who spread out the earth and what comes from it, who gives breath to the people on it and spirit to those who walk in it:

“I am the Lord; I have called you in righteousness; I will take you by the hand and keep you; I will give you as a covenant for the people, a light for the nations, to open the eyes that are blind, to bring out the prisoners from the dungeon, from the prison those who sit in darkness.

I am the Lord; that is my name; my glory I give to no other, nor my praise to carved idols. Behold, the former things have come to pass, and new things I now declare; before they spring forth I tell you of them.” (Isaiah 42:1 – 9).

Who is this Servant? If it is Jesus Christ then it is also His Bride, His Church, His Body; for “Even as the Father has sent me, so send I you.” (John 20:21; 17:18). When Jesus calls Saul on the Road to Damascus, Jesus incorporates Paul into this High Calling (Acts 26:14 – 23).

As Christ is, so is His Body. As Christ is called so we are called.

How is that calling being worked out in your life today? In the life of your local church? In the life of your family?

Is the world, indeed the universe, beholding the Servant in us, in His Church?