Not the Messiah Expected but the Messiah Needed

He’s not the Messiah, as presented by Zechariah, as we expected a king to be born.

His coming was so humble, making many stumble, when they heard of such a birth.

Many expected the sublime based upon prophecy before their time even though the words did warn

That his coming would be profound like his arrival being crowned with much angelic mirth.

He, acquainted with sorrow, did give life to our tomorrow as his heart and body on a cross were torn.

He suffered much so we can experience his touch all due to his coming to Earth.

He’s not the Messiah, as stated by Jeremiah, as more was expected from a righteous Branch to come.

Not once did he say, neither yea nor nay, about how to keep Rome from maintaining control.

He did not raise a sword or try to recruit an angry horde or give a call to make their oppressors succumb.

Words were his weapon of choice using his voice to achieve his ultimate goal,

Wielding them at religious leaders who were stoic like Lebanon cedars always appearing glum.

They could never refute what he spoke which only made them invoke anger down to their very soul.

He’s not the Messiah, through the lineage of Josiah, who I thought would come.

No vast army did he gather, but rather, just the opposite of what we had been taught.

His followers were ordinary people, some may even call them sheeple; most without much income.

Fishermen, tradesmen, tax collectors, zealots are those whom he sought.

Commanding no respect, this band of followers he did connect and made them a formidable sum.

Women did also follow but for some this became hard to swallow bringing their support to naught.

He’s not the Messiah saying words of judgment like Obadiah, I thought would occur.

Sometimes appearing meek, he also speaks such words of power which awe a crowd.

His words endear so many, while others give a sneer; rage they now incur.

He often angers the religious who think themselves prestigious, telling such out loud

That they are unwise and fake, making the people remain unawake as if to inter.

He attracts and repels within the same breath which parallels their hearts: some humble, others proud.

He’s not the Messiah I thought we had been taught would arrive.

Yet one cannot reject or even try to deflect what he speaks as even a single word

Will pierce the heart, making one feel different like being a part of something more alive.

What the Pharisees and Sadducees uttered compared to his words had an impact of not even a third.

One does not remain the same, his words casting off all shame, knowing only what he says will survive.

Words sounding strange yet leading to change, as one is either broken, angered, or think them absurd.

He’s not the Messiah leaders expected as he did not reward keeping the law, a feat they merely feigned.

He has sympathy for the masses but harsh words for the classes of the learned.

He performs miracles to prove his authority but never for the majority to be entertained.

His miracles make his words a priority, never an inferiority, as they are poignant and never spurned.

Prophecy he does fulfill but not from the quill of the prophets most wish him to stay contained.

He frees men from captivity—from their sin proclivity rather than seeing Roman cruelty turned.

He’s not the Messiah I thought we had besought to come on the scene.

He seems to care little, not even a tittle, for the politics of the day.

But focuses more on one’s humanity and the sanity of one’s need on God to lean.

Not the keeping of the Law itself, like it’s some magical elf, but of the intent of that law to display.

Which bubbles out from the heart, making it a part of one’s actions like an erupting surfacing submarine.

Making righteousness come from within, changing one’s sin into a character one can proudly convey.

He’s not the expected Messiah, and definitely not the pariah some made him out to appear.

He didn’t meet the expectation of what the Jews as a nation had wanted but meets our needs instead.

Becoming a victor over sin is definitely a win that is far more important and dear

Than conquering an empire like Rome as if that is something to bring home and even spearhead.

His actions got him nailed to a rough wooden cross and his side even impaled by a Centurian spear

Which became the ultimate victory even if it seems contradictory as for this he was heavenly led.

He’s not the Messiah through the lineage of Hezekiah that I thought we would gain.

Yet he became more than we could ever adore and became one in whom we now have hope.

Death did not remain and was only a sprain for a victor like him to classify as mundane.

He rose forever to oppose the powers of death and the grave and regain man’s original scope.

As the firstfruit and guide of the first resurrection, hope he now provides for us who remain.

Being forever in Him sealed, our sin can never again be revealed as if in a sealed security envelope.

He’s not the Messiah, who like Nehemiah, I thought would build a foundation from rubble.

But he became the Messiah, as prophesied by Isaiah, that the world indeed needed.

He came for Jews for sure, but also chose the Gentiles which allowed his efforts to double

As all who believe, he ransoms to achieve his Church which can never become impeded.

Redemption to all brought down every wall relieving all from sin, the cause of their trouble.

He came to release our shame and relate to us if to him we have heeded.

His suffering, his cross, his death and loss, his resurrection all for us he gave.

Can we reject such an act or deflect such a love which he decreed before he ever created time?

Eternal life was costly but to us is free if we only bend the knee to him who gave himself to save

All who put their faith in him, the true treasured gem, who cleanses all from the stain of their grime.

Making us children of God on this Earthly sod and joint heirs to the Anointed One who will pave

The way for all to receive his call joining him by faith to be indwelt by the Holy Spirit sublime.

God so loved the world that for us he unfurled a way to the Christ, Jesus his son.

In this life we may have strife, but can receive everlasting life through belief making his a job well done.

By: Randy C. Dockens

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