So Send I You, part 2

Matthew 12:14–21

I. The Poise of Jesus:

a. Jesus was calm, cool, and collected. Matthew 12:19, “He shall not strive, nor cry; neither shall any man hear his voice in the streets.” That means Jesus didn’t yell and scream and rant and rave. He was composed. He was calm. He was confident in His calling. He loving and kind. He was a friend of sinners. 2 Timothy 2:24, “The servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach.” This is what He wants from us – to be peaceful, pleasant, loving, kind, gentle, and courteous.

b. Jesus said, “That which I’ve heard, that which I’ve seen: that’s what I speak” (John 8:38). And He witnessed of God the Father, and then He said, “As [the] Father hath sent me, even so send I you” (John 20:21). God was pleased with Jesus, and when I am willing to be to the Lord Jesus Christ what the Lord Jesus Christ was to God the Father, then the Lord Jesus Christ will be to me what God the Father was to Him! “As my Father hath sent me, even so send I you.”

II. The Heart of Jesus:

a. Matthew 12:19-20, “He shall not strive, nor cry; neither shall any man hear his voice in the streets. A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench.” That speaks of the love of the Lord Jesus Christ to people who are like a bruised reed. There are a lot of bruised reeds around us – people who’ve been stepped on so many times, they’ve been battered and bruised and broken, and their spark is about to go out. What this world is really looking for is love; for are people who really do care. Thank God for the heart of Jesus. God have mercy upon the coldness and hardness of our hearts!

III. The Expectation of Jesus:

a. Matthew 12:20-21, “A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench, till he send forth judgment unto victory. And in his name shall the Gentiles trust.” Not “might” the Gentiles, but they “shall.” Jesus had the note of victory in His ministry. He is our victorious Christ. And all hell could not stop the Lord Jesus Christ, and all hell should not be able to stop us. Jesus knew victory, and He expects victory out of us. Jesus has expectations. He’s sitting on the right hand of God “expecting till his enemies be made His footstool” (Hebrews 10:12–13)—not if they might, but until they ARE; expecting that His enemies be made His footstool.

b. We need to get back to confidence in Jesus. “Greater is he that is in [us], than he that is in the world” (1 John 4:4). We’ve let the devil back us into a corner and intimidate us when we need to get militant. We need to have the expectation Jesus had. Listen to it again: “… till he send forth judgment unto victory. And in his name shall the Gentiles trust.” And not everybody came to Jesus, but multitudes did come to Jesus. And they will in this day, and they will in this age. Not everybody you witness to is going to be saved, but some will be. Expect God to do the same thing for you He did for the Lord Jesus Christ and for that early church. Thank God for the expectation of Jesus. Have that kind of confidence in God and hear the Savior say, “As the Father hath sent me, even so send I you.” Don’t you long to see it?