The Servant Who Restores

Strength often looks like silence and steadiness. God’s Servant brings restorative justice—healing what’s bruised, fanning faint embers, freeing the bound—rather than retaliatory payback. Deuteronomy’s promise of circumcised hearts explains how this is possible: God reshapes us to love rightly, then sends us to be light.

Key Text Highlights

• Isaiah 42:1 – “Look at my servant… I have put my Spirit upon him.”
• Isaiah 42:3–4 – “He will not break a bruised reed… until justice prevails.”
• Deut 30:3–6 – God gathers the scattered and cuts away what blocks love, enabling true covenant faithfulness.

Teaching Notes

• Whose justice? Not Pilate’s, not partisan—