Our Hope!

Isaiah 42:1-4

“Here is my servant, whom I uphold, my chosen one in whom I delight; I will put my Spirit on him and he will bring justice to the nations. He will not shout or cry out, or raise his voice in the streets. A bruised reed he will not break, and a smoldering wick he will not snuff out. In faithfulness he will bring forth justice; he will not falter or be discouraged till he establishes justice on earth. In his law the islands will put their hope.”

Today’s Reading: Matthew 12:1-21

“I tell you that one greater than the temple is here.” (vs. 6)
I really believe that while the church is an extremely important part of the Christian religion, Jesus is telling us not to let man-made rules hold us back from doing what he has called us to do. Don’t let those rules hinder you from doing what you know in your heart to do. While the church is important and rules are good to have, we cannot forget the one that created it all. He is ultimately the one that we will answer to, not man. This is why it is so important to have a personal relationship with Christ, we have to depend on his guidance. We have to be able to know his voice and follow it. We can never begin to understand the depth of love that Jesus has for us and I think that is what he is telling us here. He is saying I want you to know that with everything that was created you are the most important to me, nothing else is as valuable to me as you.

Jesus is such a gentleman, he will never force his way into our lives. We never read about Jesus running up and down the streets telling everyone all that he has done and forcing people to follow him. In fact it is quite the opposite. We find that he tells almost everyone not to go and tell what he has done for them. Why? I think Jesus wants us just to love him, just as he loves us. He doesn’t want us to love him because of what he has done for us, but he wants us to just love him for who he is. Although he asks us everyday to let him in, he never forces his way. He will come into our hearts only if we welcome him in. He will not argue with us, he will only tell us the truth. He will not beg us, he will only show us love.

With this, we can know that we can put all of our hope in him because he is our only hope in this ever-failing world!

With Much Love and Blessings!