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Isaiah chapter 42, verses 1 through 3.

Behold my servant, whom I uphold, my chosen, and whom my soul delights.

I have put my spirit upon him.

He will bring forth justice to the nations.

He will not cry aloud or lift up his

voice or make it heard in the street. A bruised reed, he will not break. And a faintly burning wick,

he will not quench. He will faithfully bring forth justice.

Oh, these verses are so encouraging.

This is a picture in Isaiah chapter 42 of Jesus.

You look at Matthew chapter 12, for example, when Jesus is healing people of their diseases

and their hurts.

And Matthew quotes from this passage in Isaiah 42 to say,

this is who Isaiah was talking about. The one who followed this language in verse 3 will not break a bruised read,

and he will not quench a faintly burning wick and i want to apply these verses specifically

today to any way in which you feel like you are struggling you are tired you just hanging on. That's the language of a faintly

burning wick, maybe in your life, in this circumstance and this challenge you're facing,

or just in faith, or a bruised read, any hurts you have, the weakness you feel, vulnerability, just for any struggle

you're walking through. The picture here of Jesus in Isaiah 42 and the rest of Scripture is

strength and gentleness together. I want you to imagine if Jesus was one of those and not the other.

What if he had all strength,

omnipotence, power, authority in heaven and on earth? And yet he was not gentle and caring,

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