Look at Jesus
Take a good look at my servant.
I’m backing him to the hilt.
He’s the one I chose,
and I couldn’t be more pleased with him. ~ Isaiah 42:1 (MSG)
Jesus: "Good Father, the people of this world don’t know you. But I know you, and my followers know that you sent me." ~ John 17:25
KEY IDEA:
Jesus is the servant sent by God the Father -- who continues to fully support him.
PRAYER:
Good Father, thank you for sending Jesus -- who has been chosen by you to save us from ourselves. I don't know how it is that people don't give him a serious look. Although, I know that even though I am serious about Jesus I can look away at times -- times when I'm being self-serving. So, start with me. Draw my attention back to Jesus so that I can help others take a good look at him, too. Amen.
*ABOUT THE
DAILY TEXTS
The Daily Texts have been published by the Moravian Church since 1731. In 2015 I started posting these Bible verses for my spiritual formation students at Pacific Islands University. In the process of responding to the verses, I found the rhythm of looking for a common thread and writing a prayer based on that key idea to be helpful for my own soul. The prayers are more or less modeled on the TRIP method, which is what I ask my students to do in their journaling. ~ Brad Boydston
TRANSLATIONS
ABP = Authorized Boydston Paraphrase -- a freestyle biblical adaptation -- somewhere between paraphrase, commentary, and sermon
CEB = Common English Bible (©2011, the Common English Bible)
CEV = Contemporary English Version (©1995, American Bible Society)
MSG = The Message (©1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002 by Eugene H. Peterson)
NIRV = New International Reader's Version (©1996, 1998, Biblica)
NIV = New International Version (©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011, Biblica)
NLT = New Living Translation (©1996, 2004, 2007, 2013, Tyndale House Foundation)
