Jesus comes not only to serve his people and bring salvation, but also because his heart longs for a desired outcome to take place in the hearts and lives of his people.
Jesus shows us that he is willing to sacrifice everything in order to serve the world he loves; service takes commitment.
Jesus begins his ministry of service from a place of emptiness; the call to serve is not dependent on what we have, but on what we give up.
For most of the book of Job, God remains silent. When God does finally speak up towards the end of the book, Job is left with just one response to give.
As Job finds a path through his moment of struggle, we see his awakening recognition of exactly what he needs: a mediator to step in and advocate on his behalf.
The story of Job forces us to confront a God we cannot always understand; like Job, we search for ways to relate to God in moments when we do not understand.
Job's friends think they have an explanation for Job's suffering, but they are wrong about who God is.
Sabbath is a day set aside as holy to the Lord; that makes sabbath a time to reorient ourselves and our lives towards God. In other words, sabbath is a day for worship.
When Jesus prays for his disciples, he prays that “they may have the full measure of my joy within them.” The Sabbath is designed by God as a day to give yourself fully to delight in God’s world, in your life in it, and ultimately in God himself.