Today

"Today", Jesus said to those in the synagogue, the scripture was fulfilled in their hearing.  Jesus said that He was the one about whom Isaiah had prophesied.  Jesus said that He was the one who would give sight to the blind and let the oppressed go free.  And no longer was this prophecy to be fulfilled in the future; it was fulfilled "today".

For thousands of years, the Jewish people were a people of "someday", when it came to their messiah.  They were a people of prophecy and expectation.  Now, they had a rapid acceleration and "someday" became "today".  But they had a hard time seeing it.  They had a hard time seeing Jesus for who He was.

We can be blind to the "today" part, too.  We can think too much about Jesus being only in our future.  

However, He is here right now.  We just have to be open to seeing Him.  And perhaps the first step in seeing Jesus is believing that we are worthy of His great love.  And we are.  He tells us so.

Know this: God would have sent His only son just to save you.  If the only person to be saved in the entire universe was you, God would still have sacrificed His only son.  And Jesus would still have come to be sacrificed. For you.  And He did. 

And He is here for you, today.

Peace be with you.

- The Older Brother