Monday, October 17, 2016

By His Bruises We Are Healed

The Sovereignty of God
The Sovereignty of Jesus


Pioneer and Perfecter of Our Faith

Isaiah 53:1-6  The Message

53 Who believes what we’ve heard and seen?
    Who would have thought God’s saving power would look like this?
2-6 The servant grew up before God—a scrawny seedling,
    a scrubby plant in a parched field.
There was nothing attractive about him,
    nothing to cause us to take a second look.
He was looked down on and passed over,
    a man who suffered, who knew pain firsthand.
One look at him and people turned away.
    We looked down on him, thought he was scum.
But the fact is, it was our pains he carried—
    our disfigurements, all the things wrong with us.
We thought he brought it on himself,
    that God was punishing him for his own failures.
But it was our sins that did that to him,
    that ripped and tore and crushed him—our sins!
He took the punishment, and that made us whole.
    Through his bruises we get healed.
We’re all like sheep who’ve wandered off and gotten lost.
    We’ve all done our own thing, gone our own way.
And God has piled all our sins, everything we’ve done wrong,
    on him, on him.


For Reflection
We are reconciled to God.  Our sin is forgiven.  The healing power of the Christ event has made us free;  free to love instead of hate,  free to serve instead of take, free to forgive instead of reap vengeance.  We are free to choose God.

Pray
prayers of praise and thanksgiving for the Living God.  Pray that you will always choose to serve the one who has created you. 

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