Contemplative Bible Reading

¹⁸ “Look at my Servant, whom I have chosen.
He is my Beloved, who pleases me.
I will put my Spirit upon him,
and he will proclaim justice to the nations.
¹⁹ He will not fight or shout
or raise his voice in public.
²⁰ He will not crush the weakest reed
or put out a flickering candle.
Finally he will cause justice to be victorious.
²¹ And his name will be the hope
of all the world.”

These verses are about Jesus. Matthew points back to Isaiah and writes that Isaiah wrote about Jesus the Messiah.

The Messiah, the Servant, would do many things. One thing was

He will cause justice to be victorious

The subject of justice is often discussed in the Old Testament. If I do what is right, my life should be okay, i.e., no one should show up and take everything I have and kill the people I love. Justice – what is just and right – will prevail.

Well, justice didn’t prevail often in the world. Justice still doesn’t prevail often in the world. People break the law and walk away laughing. Others uphold the law and lose. That isn’t right; that isn’t just.

Here is one thing the Servant Savior will do:

He will cause justice to be victorious.