I’m currently reading the book of Isaiah. It is filled with so many cool things. Here’s something I read this evening
“I, the LORD, have called You in righteousness, and will hold Your hand; I will keep You and give You as a covenant to the people, As a light to the Gentiles, To open blind eyes, to bring prisoners from the prison, those who sit in darkness from the prison house.” Isaiah 42:6-7
“The Spirit of the LORD is upon Me, because He has anointed Me to preach the gospel to the poor. He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed, to preach the acceptable year of the LORD.” Luke 4:18-19 (Isaiah 61:1-2)
These passages speak of Jesus. Jesus even quoted Isaiah 61 in Luke 4. The Spirit of the LORD came upon Jesus. Jesus came to preach the gospel to the poor (maybe to the poor in spirit?), heal the brokenhearted, bring deliverance to the captives, to restore sight to the blind, and to bring liberty to those who are oppressed. And we can see that Jesus did that. He came to do the Father’s work.
Realizing that I am in Christ, I wondered if I could do the same things. The Holy Spirit lead me to John 14:12. “Most asssuredly, I say to you, he who belives in Me, the works that I do he will do also; and great works than these he will do, because I go to My Father.” I believe in Jesus. By faith, I believe in Jesus and believe the words He spoke to be true. So I will do the works Jesus did; I will do the works that Isaiah spoke of. And Jesus did ascend back to the Father, thus we will do greater works than we read about.
It hit me like a ton of bricks! WE can see broken hearts healed and the prisoners released from darkness. Those things don't have to wait until Heaven or until Jesus returns. We can be used RIGHT NOW to see those things happen. The question is: Do I believe? Do my actions match my beliefs that such things can happen? Do I believe that our God IS THE GOD???? Will I put my life on the line? Will I take leaps of faith everyday to believe Jesus and take Him at His Word?
Do you believe?
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