And He said to me, ‘You are My servant, O Israel, In whom I will be glorified.’ Isaiah 49:3
This verse is a part of one of the four servant passages in Isaiah, and it points to the servant ‘The Messiah’ who is none other than Jesus Christ, the True Servant, and true Israel. In Isaiah 49th chapter, The Messiah displays God’s Glory (v3), restores God’s people (v6), and is honored in God’s eyes (v5). The Servant of the Lord will oversee the restoration of the land of Israel and the establishment of a peaceful kingdom. The Messiah will be the agent of the Lord’s comfort to His people, not only these but the Messiah is also chosen to redeem the gentiles. In this way, God’s salvation is brought to all people. Christ Jesus is “the light of the world” as described in the gospels and the fulfillment of Isaiah’s prophecies. In Christ, both Jews and gentiles are made one.
Jesus Christ, in His prayer in John 17, said- ‘I have brought You the Glory on earth by finishing the work You gave Me to do.’ God has saved us; we should rejoice in this joyous one. Jesus Christ came down and He lived a perfect life according to God’s law. He died a death taking our sins upon the Cross for all those who believe and raised on the third day that we might have life. That is God’s glory displayed in Jesus Christ in full. Furthermore, God’s glory is displayed through our belief in this. Imagine when a family is blessed with a newborn baby, how joyful thing it is because of the new addition of a new life in that family? It is the glory of that family. Likewise, when we have new life through Lord Jesus Christ, how much more God is glorified when we have Jesus in and through our lives? May God help all of us, to bear much fruit, so we will be His disciples, and by this, Heavenly Father is glorified.