January 15, 2021

UPSIDE DOWN

Isaiah 61:1-4

“The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, because of which He anointed Me. He sent Me to proclaim good news to the poor, to heal the brokenhearted, to preach liberty to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind; to declare the acceptable year of the Lord, the day of recompense, and to comfort all who mourn; to give those who mourn in Zion glory instead of ashes, the oil of gladness to those who mourn; the garment of glory instead of a spirit of indifference. They shall be called generations of righteousness, the planting of the Lord for glory. They shall build the ancient deserts, raise up those formerly abandoned, and renew the desert cities that laid waste for generations.”

Personal Challenge

Are we ready to have our world turned upside down? Was our world as we knew it turned upside down when we chose to follow Jesus? If not, then are we really followers of Jesus? These words by Isaiah were quoted be Jesus when He started His earthly ministry. He proclaimed that He was going to take everything that we knew about God and everything we did in our worship of God and turn it upside down because we had strayed so far from Him. If our lives as Christians are no different than the lives of everyone around us then we may not be following God, but the world's image of God. Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, the sinner!