Your Teacher
Scripture Reading: Isaiah 30:18-22
While it isn’t universally true, at times suffering can create a spiritual crisis that leads us to turn to the Lord. This is what Isaiah is suggesting would happen with the people of Judah. The Lord would give them “the bread of adversity and the water of affliction,” and they would cry out to Him amid their weeping. God is gracious toward those, who in their suffering, long for a return to Him.
The coming of Jesus Christ into this world is the ultimate answer to centuries of mournful longing. He was the answer to the longings of the Patriarchs, the cries of the Hebrew slaves in Egypt, the desires of David and Solomon, and the hope of the prophets. He was the One Simeon and Anna patiently looked for, the One the Wise Men sought, the One of Whom Phillip said, “We have found him of whom Moses and in the Law and also the prophets wrote…” (John 1:45).
When Jesus came your Teacher wasn’t hiding Himself anymore. When Christ came it could be assuredly said, “Your eyes see your Teacher.” The apostles saw Him with their sight. For now, we see Him by faith. But one day, “we shall see Him as He is,” (1 John 3:2).
