He Took Up Our Pain

And Bore Our Suffering

Who has believed our message and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?

He grew up before him like a tender shoot, and like a root out of dry ground.

He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him, nothing in his appearance that we should desire him.

He was despised and rejected by mankind, a man of suffering, and familiar with pain.

Like one from whom people hide their faces he was despised, and we held him in low esteem.

Surely he took up our pain and bore our suffering, yet we considered him punished by God, stricken by him, and afflicted.

But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was on him, and by his wounds we are healed.

We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to our own way; and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all.

Isaiah 53:1-6

We all need to ponder our spiritual life. Like a bored soldier passing time in idle moments, we become complacent and uncaring toward God and others. Think about the exact spot in Jerusalem, where our Lord had been beaten, mocked, insulted, and abused as He took all of our failures and rebellion on Himself.

“He was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was on him, and by his wounds we are healed.”

Remember the loving grace Jesus has for us, and that is greater than all our sins.

Our sin is great – God’s grace is greater.

Our Daily Bread – October 18, 2017