Spirit

"The Spirit of the Lord Jehovah is upon me," Isaiah 61:1.

When Jesus came the first time, he opened ministry in his home town's synagogue on a Sabbath day. He stood up. He unrolled the Isaiah scroll to that place. He read aloud its plan for God's Messiah. To bring good news to the poor. To comfort the brokenhearted. To announce freedom to captives. To recover sight for the blind. To release prisoners. To preach the year of God's grace. He stopped the reading right there. He rolled up the scroll. He sat down. He announced it fulfilled in their hearing. (Interesting: he did not read Isaiah's very next line: To preach God's day of vengeance. No. Jesus came first to save.) Glory! Glory as of the only son from the father, full of grace and truth.

We meet with a brother or sister today listening to Jesus' words of comfort, hope, and joy. And, together thankful for his generosity, we praise God from whom all blessings flow.