Isaiah 61:1-63:6
Dear RTB’ers,
The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me,
Isaiah 61:1-2a
because the Lord has anointed me
to bring good news to the poor;
he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted,
to proclaim liberty to the captives,
and the opening of the prison to those who are bound,
to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor…
You may be saying to yourself, “I recognize those verses.” And you would be correct. Jesus read these verses when a scroll was handed to him in the Nazareth synagogue: He unrolled the scroll and found the place where it was written … [the verses above]… And He rolled up the scroll and gave it back to the attendant and sat down. And the eyes of all in the synagogue were fixed on Him. And He began to say to them, “Today this Scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing.” (Luke 4:16-21) Jesus knew Scripture!! Let Him be the model for us as we move into a new year, becoming more and more familiar with all that we read and coming to know Him more!
Blessings!