My Servant

Here is my servant, whom I uphold ...

 - From Isaiah 42

We keep stressing the idea of Christ the servant. God makes it very clear, that He expects us to act like servants, which Christ modeled.

Isaiah 42 is like a Hollywood introduction of our Lord, Jesus Christ. And the announcer is God the Father. It's like Michael Douglas about to be receive a life award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences . . . but he is being introduced by Kirk Douglas.

It's like George H.W. Bush being asked to introduce his son, George W. Bush, to an admiring audience.

God, the father of Jesus, stands up and begins talking about His Son, in proud tones that make his voice quiver with emotion.

"Here is my servant . . . "

"He will bring forth justice . . . "

"He will not cry or lift up His voice . . . "

"A bruised reed He will not break . . . "

"He will not grow faint or be crushed . . . "

These are the virtues. This is what it means to be a servant. A servant that can't handle the demands of the master is a worthless servant. The strongest servant is the strongest man, or woman. We can live without bosses. But we all need a servant. We need selfless and unconditional love; that is, if we are to have full and happy lives.

"My servant."

I marvel at how little we put this obvious, most cherished desire of God for us, into practice.