Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Jesus stands up

We haven't talked about Jesus enough lately, have we?

We need to be reminded from time to time what he came for. According to the scriptures, He came to Nazareth where he had been reared. As he always did on the Sabbath, he went to the meeting place. When he stood up to read, he was handed the scroll of the prophet Isaiah. Unrolling the scroll, he found the place where it was written, " God's Spirit is on me; he's chosen me to preach the Message of good news to the poor, sent me to announce pardon to prisoners and the recovery of sight to the blind, to set the burdened and battered free, to announce, "This is God's year to act." He rolled up the scroll, handed it back to the assistant, and sat down. Every eye in the place was on him, intent. Then he started in, 'you've just heard Scripture made history. It came trust just now in this place."

The most humble human in history just threw down on all in the "church." He said, basically, that he was the one sent to do all those things.

And the most amazing thing is not his courage and his confidence. No, the most amazing thing is not even that he did it. No, the most amazing thing is that he still does it. He is still giving sight to those who didn't see the truth before. he is still setting prisoners free from their own shackles. He is still taking the burdened free from those self-made, self-imposed burdens.

That is my Jesus.

He stood up for those who needed standing up for. He stood up for those in need. He stood up for those oppressed.

And he stands up for those who need him now.

This is just another Wednesday. But today I will go to the assisted-living home. Today I will preach something of insignificance to those who come out of their little rooms. But today Jesus will stand up for them. In a moment that passes all too quickly, Jesus will stand up and say, "You've just heart the Scriptures made history."

For them it is true.

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