Isaiah 42:1-9 – The First Servant Song

Buffalo City Church

Caleb Drahosh \\ God turns the attention away from the cheap substitute of idolatry and toward His plan. Here He introduces His servant. But this isn't one who will rise to prominence through political and military conquest like Cyrus. Instead the Lord's servant will come gently, not trampling on rulers as on mortar, but tending to the bruised reed and reigniting the faintly burning wick. Jesus Christ will disrupt the wisdom of the world and restore God's people through His own sacrifice and suffering.