I grew up before my Father like a sapling in dry ground. There wasn’t anything about my physical appearance that would draw anyone to me. I was despised and rejected by those I came to save; I am someone who knows your pains, and who is acquainted with your sicknesses, and I know what it’s like for people to reject me and think poorly of me. But it was YOUR sicknesses I bore to the cross, and it was YOUR diseases I carried with me to the grave. And you thought God was punishing me for what I did. But I was wounded because of your sins; and I was crushed because of your bad decisions and actions. The punishment that was required to make you whole and complete was laid on me. And because I was scourged and whipped, you are healed of your diseases. You often decide that your way is better than my way, like a sheep who wanders away; but God has laid the sins of the entire world on me at the cross so that even the lost can be found again. I was oppressed by evil men, and afflicted with terrible torture, yet I didn’t speak one word in my own defense. Just like a lamb who is led to the altar for sacrifice, and just like a sheep that is being taken to the shearer, I bore the punishment that you deserved without a word of complaint because I knew it would bring you new life. God’s judgment against your sins took me away to my death. Nobody at the time asked if I was being punished for the sins of my brothers and sisters. And they thought of me as a wicked man, even though I never did anything wrong and never spoke anything that wasn’t true. But it was my Dad’s master plan that I would be crushed on your behalf, because We love you so much. When I made my soul an offering for your sin, I was rewarded with the greatest of rewards: you. You are my prosperous reward. When I was anguished in soul, I saw you and I was satisfied. And because I, the Rightous One, took all your sins, you have been made a “Righteous One” too. Because of this, my Father will divide for us a rich reward, and I will share it with you; I poured my soul out to death and I was considered one of the sinners even though I never sinned, so I could bless you. And I took the sins of everyone on myself so that now I can speak to my Father on your behalf and plead your case in His presence forever, so you never have to be afraid to come to Us for help, blessing, advice, and most of all, love. I did it for you. Isaiah 53
Posted on: Thu, 20 Jun 2013 17:03:07 +0000
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