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“Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth; I have put my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles.

“He shall not cry, nor lift up, nor cause his voice to be heard in the street. A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench: he shall bring forth judgment unto truth.

“He shall not fail nor be discouraged, till he have set judgment in the earth: and the isles shall wait for his law” (Isaiah 42:1–4).

This passage is all about Jesus. The Holy Spirit had moved upon the prophet Isaiah to bring forth a revelation of what Christ would be like when he comes. And Isaiah’s opening word here, “Behold,” signals to his listeners: “Prepare for a new revelation about the Messiah.”

The image that comes into focus from these four verses is clear: Christ wasn’t coming to force people to hear him. He wouldn’t come with a loud clamor or noise. He would come as a tender, loving Savior.

We find the fulfillment of Isaiah’s prophecy in Matthew 12. The Pharisees had just held a council to plan how they might kill Jesus, all because he had healed a man with a withered hand on the sabbath. Matthew tells us that “when Jesus knew [discovered] it, he withdrew” (12:15).

Christ didn’t retaliate in anger. We don’t see him railing against those who plotted his death. He wasn’t like the disciples, who wanted to call down fire on his opponents, even though Christ could have done that. He could have summoned a legion of angels to deal with his enemies. But Jesus wasn’t out to take revenge.

It was this tender spirit, Matthew says, that reveals the fulfillment of Isaiah’s prophecy: “He shall not strive, nor cry; neither shall any man hear his voice in the streets” (Matthew 12:19).

Isaiah was saying, in essence, “The Savior isn’t coming to force anybody into his kingdom. He’s not coming as a loud, boisterous, overpowering personality. No, you’ll hear him speak with a still, small voice in your inner man.”

So, what did Jesus do after he quietly withdrew from Jerusalem? Matthew says he immediately went outside the city and continued to heal all who crowded in on him: “Great multitudes followed him, and he healed them all” (12:15).

As we search through the gospel accounts, we’re struck by the number of times Jesus performed miracles but instructed the people, “Do not tell anyone about this. Don’t let this news be spread abroad.” After healing two blind men, Christ told the men to keep the miracle to themselves: “Jesus straitly charged them, saying, See that no man know it” (9:30). After he fed a crowd of 5,000 and the people tried to force him to be king, “He departed again into a mountain himself alone” (John 6:14–15).

You see, Jesus didn’t want the people following him for his miracles. He wanted their devotion because his tender words had captured their hearts. He wanted all of humankind, including every future generation, to know he came into the world not as a judge, but as a Savior: “For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved” (John 3:17).

Consider Jesus’ tenderness in two areas: toward America and a sinful world, and toward his own people.
I hear a question being asked by many believers today: “Why hasn’t God turned America over to judgment? Why hasn’t he dealt with us according to our sins? He gave Noah’s generation 120 years of warnings, but after that he said, ‘Enough,’ and brought a flood. God has suffered America’s sins for a long time now, so why haven’t we seen his righteous judgment on us?”

I love this country, and I for one don’t want to see God’s final judgment come upon America. I would so much rather enjoy the longsuffering of the Lord. I don’t want to see tears in the eyes of my children and grandchildren over what is coming upon a society like ours. Yet, like many Christians, I am completely amazed at why God’s judgment has been delayed.

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About David Wilkerson

David Wilkerson was the Founding Pastor of Times Square Church in New York City. He was called to New York in 1958 to minister to gang members and drug addicts, as told in the best-selling book, The Cross and the Switchblade.
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