Spit

"Jehovah God has given me the language of instructing learners," Isaiah 50:4.

Scripture presents Israel personified, all Israel focused into one person, a slave. God taught him to teach. Who are his learners? Weary people, people lost in darkness. And what is the slave's message? Trust in Jehovah God, rely on your God for light. And how did God foster the slave's insight? Well, witness the slave's own testimony: I was not rebellious; to those who beat me, I gave my back; to those who pulled my beard, I gave my cheeks; from those who ridiculed and spit on me, I did not hide my face; but, Jehovah God vindicated me; so I've no disgrace. And now, once again, who is the slave? Christ, the suffering servant, by which suffering he learned the language we understand.

Wow. Wow. Wow. In the presence of holiness beyond our ken, we hear him speak the language of our troubles. Awed, yet again, at our Lord's obedience to God, we kneel with a brother or sister today in obedient worship. And together we give thanks.