December 6, 2025
He Won’t
and He Will
"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.'"
I S A I A H 9 : 1 - 5
The Holy Spirit directs Isaiah to preach that the arrival of
God’s Servant will be nothing but good news. And, boy, did
the people of Judah need some good news. Because of their
sin, they were exiled and far from home. Just like you and me,
they were suffocating under their guilt and shame. Just like you
and me, they know what it’s like to be crushed by the law on
account of sin, to feel like we are about to break, to feel like the
light of our faith is about to go out.
So Isaiah preaches to us the good news of the Servant of
the Lord, to reconcile with us and to bring us home. He tells
us that there are things the Servant will not do and there are
things he will do.
This Servant will come in the power of that Holy Spirit, and
he will not “cry aloud or lift up his voice” in judgement or terror towards those already in fear. For those bruised by their sin and
at the breaking point “he will not break” them. He will not snuff
out those “faintly burning wicks.” This Servant is not interested
in furthering punishment and judgment, but rather, in restoring
righteousness. And, he will not “grow faint or be discouraged”
until he has made all things right.
God will send his Servant in the power of the Spirit to
those suffering, guilty, lost sinners who need righteousness.
He will “open the eyes of the blind…bring out the prisoners from
the dungeon.” He will bring light into the darkness. He will do
this by forgiving sins and declaring us righteous. He will bring
about this forgiveness by dying in their place on a cross. In this
way, he will “bring forth justice to the nations” by paying for their
injustices with his blood. In this restored righteousness, he will
“take you by the hand” and lead you home.
This is our Servant, Christ Jesus, the Righteous One, who
will and has done this for you!
ALMIGHTY FATHER, BECAUSE OF YOUR SON’S GREAT LOVE FOR US, YOU
WILL NOT LEAVE US NOR FORSAKE US, BUT YOU WILL
DRAW US HOME TO YOU. KEEP US EVER FAITHFUL. AMEN.
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