I will lead the blind by ways they have not known, along unfamiliar paths I will guide them; I will turn the darkness into light before them and make the rough places smooth. These are the things I will do; I will not forsake them. Isaiah 42:16.

And continuing our 351 Old Testament prophecies, promises of God, fulfilled in Jesus Christ, we come to number 54: David’s Seed. 1 Chronicles 17:11: When your days are fulfilled that you must go to be with your fathers, that I will set up one of your descendants after you, who will be of your sons; and I will establish his kingdom. And, Matthew 1:1; 9:27: The record of the genealogy of Jesus the Messiah, the son of David, the son of Abraham. As Jesus went on from there, two blind men followed Him, crying out, “Have mercy on us, Son of David!”

These words of Scripture have become so familiar as to be unseen. Yesterday in the sermon we were reminded of how opposite our way of doing things in our world is from God’s Kingdom way of doing everything. He is God made flesh to live among us and imagine how gently He dealt with Mary and Joseph, chosen to be His mother and step-father. Look at Who and what was entrusted to them! How could the disciples, whom no rabbi would have thought to choose, reconcile God in the flesh choosing them and then living with them as they were taught; and look at the teaching He entrusted to them! He put His hands on those for healing others turned away from being near. And not just physically but emotionally turning away. Imagine the inner walls being breached so carefully erected through customs and traditions and long-held teaching. The way of our world. And the remarkable thing was they thought they were doing what God wanted them to do in rejecting people in need – You shall not taken to extreme. It’s hard to have inner walls questioned and the One who knows is the One to help us understand. There is a reason Jesus the Son, Creator God, came when He did in exactly the way He came and in exactly the way He taught and healed and corrected for our good. There is a reason He knelt down and washed the feet of the disciples at the Last Supper, the job of the lowliest servant in any place there were servants. There is a reason He took upon Himself the sins of all of us no one then or now would have wanted to do, would or could they have been able. I will lead the blind by ways they have not known, along unfamiliar paths I will guide them; I will turn the darkness into light before them and make the rough places smooth. These are the things I will do; I will not forsake them. He is not just talking about physical blindness of the eyes. We may not see yet the healing He brings but He will bring it. Our God is faithful! Can we give all our thanks to Him? He will not forsake us!