OUR FATHER WHO DELIGHTS IN HIS SERVANT

The book of Isaiah chapter 42 verses 1 - 2 says this;

“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.

First, this passage records the Lord pointing out and introducing His servant to the people which is echoed in Mathew chapter 3 verse 3 which, even quoting Isaiah, speaks of announcing to the people the arrival of the Lord;

This is he who was spoken of through the prophet Isaiah: “A voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for him.’”

Secondly, this expected One is described in Isaiah as the One in whom the Lord delighted.

This mirrors the words that came from heaven when Jesus was being baptized by John the baptist in Mathew chapter 3 verse 17 which, in the Amplified version,  says;

and behold, a voice from heaven said, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well-pleased and delighted!”

It is notable that "the One", in Isaiah, who delighted the Father, was a servant and "the One" in Mathew, was a Son.

Thirdly, the Lord, in Isaiah, says that He would put His Spirit on the servant while in Mathew, at the Baptism scene,  Mathew chapter 3 verse 16 says this;

As soon as Jesus was baptized, he went up out of the water. At that moment heaven was opened, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting on him.

These three converging conditions in both books,  namely that God would publically point out the One who was chosen, and that the Lord was delighted in Him and that the Spirit of God would be placed on him, establish that the Servant and the Son, are one and the same person and that the promised Son would be revealed first as a servant.

This humble starting place for the Servant of God would take Him through paths of rejection, scorn,  accusations and trials  that ended in death but out of that, the perfection of the Son of God would cause Him to rise from death and ascend to the right hand of the Father, the servant now revealed as the King of glory.

Amen.

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