Finding Goodness

The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me. He has sent me to preach good news to the poor, to proclaim release to the prisoners, and recovery of sight to the blind, to liberate the oppressed, and to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.
                                                                                         – Luke 4:18-19 (Jesus quoting Isaiah 61)

God’s Kingdom, the reign of God’s goodness, mercy, and justice, breaks in humbly and quietly, almost imperceptibly. An infant is born into a cold night, into a family of modest position.

God in flesh, Light in the darkness, coming to make all things new. His entrance gives us clues to his power, his ways, and his kingdom. This isn’t feeble, nice platitudes. This is enduring, active love and justice that reverberates through every fiber of our world. His coming upends anything that harms, oppresses, deceives, and alienates.

Where do you long for the goodness and justice of God? How might God be inviting you to live into his goodness with those around you?