Would you have been able to answer this?

This morning in the 6th grade Sunday school class, we had a little party since it was our last class before the New Year. By way of review of what we've been learning all fall and for a little fun competitive game, I made a Jeopardy game for the kids to play. Every week, we open class with a reading from the Old Testament that features in the New Testament somehow. Every week we mix up the opening reading a little bit, trying to keep the kids engaged and involved. Liz, one of the other teachers, the past two weeks, has printed out the passage on strips of paper and invited a group of kids to come to the front of the class and do a reading of the day's Scripture passage. This has gone over really well with the kids. They all clamor on top of each other for the coveted seven reading parts. Then, those chosen kids, read aloud their part with all of the dramatic flare their little 6th grade personalities can muster (which is quite a lot!!). I was curious how much of the passage they were actually taking in though so, since we had had the same passage for three weeks in a row, I decided to figure the passage in to the final Jeopardy answer. Here's what they were up against:
"In Isaiah 61:1-2, this is one of the many things God's anointed one was sent to do."

Much to my delight, all three teams got this right. They had been listening all along!

As we head into this final week of Advent leading up to Christmas, take time, if you can, to read Isaiah 61:1-2 and rejoice in the good news that this is who Jesus Christ was, is and will be for all people. Amen!