Isaiah 53:2 (NRSV)
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Verse 2For he grew up before him like a young plant, and like a root out of dry ground; he had no form or majesty that we should look at him, nothing in his appearance that we should desire him.
Devotion
Appearance is everything! How often have you heard that? I know I frequently fall into the trap of believing this. More often than not, I find it’s just not true. This text reminds me it is God’s way to see beyond what is visible to that which is not. I revel in those times when God reveals to me not what I can see, but what God would have me see. Praise God for new eyes!
Prayer
Dear God, in this Advent season, enable us to see Jesus not merely as a common Jewish man who began his life in a humble stable, but as the embodiment of God’s love for all of creation. Amen.