"The spirit of the sovereign Lord is upon me because the Lord has appointed me to bring good news to the poor; he has sent me to bind up the broken hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound; to proclaim the year of our Lord's favor, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all who mourn...to give them a beautiful headdress instead of ashes, the oil of gladness instead of mourning, the garment of praise instead of a faint spirit; that they may be called oaks of righteousness, the planting of the Lord and that he may be glorified...For I the Lord love justice; I hate robbery and wrong."
Isaiah 61:1-2, 3b-4 8a
Tears still come to my eyes when I read this passage because I so desperately want for it to be true. These verses are what I want to be created for.
I WANT and DESIRE them to be true of me. I want to be involved with the poor, the brokenhearted, the captives, the bound. I want to bring them gladness, joy, liberty and freedom. These verses struck me 3 years ago and have been stuck in my head ever since.
Several strings of in the tapestry of who I am and some of those are hard-wired to seek justice. It's the part of me that can be quick to jump to conclusions; that can see things as black and white. But it's also the part of me that makes me fight for others. We live in an unjust world where people abuse power to prey upon the weak. The justice seeking strings in my tapestry make me desire to defend the weak.
These verses are a part of my life. They're plastered deep in my soul and they're a large part of the reason I wanted to study Isaiah. I wanted to see what led up to these verses. To understand as a whole what was happening.
Welcome to my journey
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