The One who brings justice and hope

I love the words concerning Jesus here.  The Father says of him,

Here is my servant, whom I uphold, my chosen one in whom I delight; I will put my Spirit on him and he will bring justice to the nations…

In faithfulness he will bring forth justice; he will not falter or be discouraged till he establishes justice on earth. (Isaiah 42:1, 3-4)

Often times, you hear the words, “Who said life was fair?”  And the implied answer is that life isn’t fair.

So often we see injustice in this world.  We see it in our courts with criminals going free and unpunished. 

But in Jesus, we have one who will someday bring justice to an unjust world.  People will stand before him and will have to give account to him.  And on that day, justice will be served.

But he brings more than just justice alone.  To the broken and hurting, he brings healing.  And to those who are hopeless, he brings hope.

I especially love verse 3 where Isaiah says,

A bruised reed he will not break, and a smoldering wick he will not snuff out.

And again in verses 6-7 where it says that he’s come to be

a light for the Gentiles, to open eyes that are blind, to free captives from prison and to release from the dungeon those who sit in darkness.

So many people live in darkness.  Blind to the goodness of God.  Captive to sin in their lives with no way out. 

But Jesus comes to open our eyes and free us from darkness and bring us into God’s marvelous light.

It says in verse 16,

I will lead the blind by ways they have not known, along unfamiliar paths I will guide them; I will turn the darkness into light before them and make the rough places smooth. 

These are the things I will do; I will not forsake them.

And because of Christ, we find joy.  The day will come when all will sing,

Sing to the Lord a new song, his praise from the ends of the earth, you who go down to the sea, and all that is in it, you islands, and all who live in them. 

Let the desert and its towns raise their voices; let the settlements where Kedar lives rejoice. 

Let the people of Sela sing for joy; let them shout from the mountaintops. 

Let them give glory to the Lord and proclaim his praise in the islands.  (10-12)

Hope and justice.  It was for these things that Christ came.