Luke 1:78-79 … Onto the Way of Peace (09/25/16)
“By the tender mercy of our God, the dawn from on high has broken upon us, to give Light to those who sit in Darkness and in the shadow of death; to guide our feet onto the Way of Peace.” ~ Luke (Luke 1:78-79)
This passage is the conclusion of the prophecy Zechariah uttered about Jesus shortly after his birth. Importantly, it correctly predicts that Jesus would preach a Way of PEACE, a quality fully embodied in The Way of selfless Love he did indeed later champion …
Interestingly, this prophecy also harmonizes well with the only time we see Jesus reading from the Old Testament in public; namely when he is reading the scroll of Isaiah in Luke 4:18-19 – announcing, “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to bring good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for all captives and recovery of sight to those who have been blinded; to let the oppressed go free and proclaim a time of the Lord’s benevolent favor.”
Indeed, true Freedom comes not so much from being released from physical captivity, as it does from being awakened from our internal, ever-comfortable, self-centered slumber – not so much from being given what one desires for self, as much as from being inspired to shed one’s fears about courageously Caring for others.
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