Isaiah 53
Who has believed our report?
And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?
2 For He shall grow up before Him as a tender plant,
And as a root out of dry ground.
He has no form or comeliness;
And when we see Him,
There is no beauty that we should desire Him.
3 He is despised and rejected by men,
A Man of sorrows and acquainted with grief.
And we hid, as it were, our faces from Him;
He was despised, and we did not esteem Him.
And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?
2 For He shall grow up before Him as a tender plant,
And as a root out of dry ground.
He has no form or comeliness;
And when we see Him,
There is no beauty that we should desire Him.
3 He is despised and rejected by men,
A Man of sorrows and acquainted with grief.
And we hid, as it were, our faces from Him;
He was despised, and we did not esteem Him.
4 Surely He has borne our griefs
And carried our sorrows;
Yet we esteemed Him stricken,
Smitten by God, and afflicted.
5 But He was wounded for our transgressions,
He was bruised for our iniquities;
The chastisement for our peace was upon Him,
And by His stripes we are healed.
6 All we like sheep have gone astray;
We have turned, every one, to his own way;
And the Lord has laid on Him the iniquity of us all.
And carried our sorrows;
Yet we esteemed Him stricken,
Smitten by God, and afflicted.
5 But He was wounded for our transgressions,
He was bruised for our iniquities;
The chastisement for our peace was upon Him,
And by His stripes we are healed.
6 All we like sheep have gone astray;
We have turned, every one, to his own way;
And the Lord has laid on Him the iniquity of us all.
7 He was oppressed and He was afflicted,
Yet He opened not His mouth;
He was led as a lamb to the slaughter,
And as a sheep before its shearers is silent,
So He opened not His mouth.
8 He was taken from prison and from judgment,
And who will declare His generation?
For He was cut off from the land of the living;
For the transgressions of My people He was stricken.
9 And they made His grave with the wicked—
But with the rich at His death,
Because He had done no violence,
Nor was any deceit in His mouth.
Yet He opened not His mouth;
He was led as a lamb to the slaughter,
And as a sheep before its shearers is silent,
So He opened not His mouth.
8 He was taken from prison and from judgment,
And who will declare His generation?
For He was cut off from the land of the living;
For the transgressions of My people He was stricken.
9 And they made His grave with the wicked—
But with the rich at His death,
Because He had done no violence,
Nor was any deceit in His mouth.
10 Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise Him;
He has put Him to grief.
When You make His soul an offering for sin,
He shall see His seed, He shall prolong His days,
And the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in His hand.
11 He shall see the labor of His soul, and be satisfied.
By His knowledge My righteous Servant shall justify many,
For He shall bear their iniquities.
12 Therefore I will divide Him a portion with the great,
And He shall divide the spoil with the strong,
Because He poured out His soul unto death,
And He was numbered with the transgressors,
And He bore the sin of many,
And made intercession for the transgressors.
He has put Him to grief.
When You make His soul an offering for sin,
He shall see His seed, He shall prolong His days,
And the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in His hand.
11 He shall see the labor of His soul, and be satisfied.
By His knowledge My righteous Servant shall justify many,
For He shall bear their iniquities.
12 Therefore I will divide Him a portion with the great,
And He shall divide the spoil with the strong,
Because He poured out His soul unto death,
And He was numbered with the transgressors,
And He bore the sin of many,
And made intercession for the transgressors.
Who has believed is the question. The message to our world has been sent out
for all to follow in our Lord’s footsteps.
We can no longer put our trust into what we hear or see in man’s word or
deed. Many of us have been called, but
few are chosen. Why? Because we refuse to dig into the scriptures
and meditate on them to witness their truth and turn our situation around. Jesus was brought up like most of us, though
His life was to be an example that anyone could change their circumstances and
world. He was fed curds and honey by
God’s choice, so He couldn’t be bought or persuaded by fancy delicacies and
outlandish gifts offered by the enemy. And
because He didn’t walk around in the most expensive attire and ride in
elaborate chariots, He was frowned upon because this is what our flesh
seeks. God asks us to not look at the
things we can see, but the things we can’t.
He also asks that we not compare ourselves among ourselves. Our world is mostly operating off the things
that can be seen or touched, striving only for material gain and not a true
relationship with our God who says everything belongs to Him. We are to draw near to God and our Lord to
know the reality of how our world operates and the way to obtain true riches on
earth and in Heaven. God asks us to not be worried about what we will wear or
eat, but to obtain His word and He will add these things to us. God has given us a heart of compassion, to
love Him and the next man, but do we only use it for self-gain? Is our interaction with one another dishonest? God speaks in Ecclesiastes, there’s a time
and a season for everything in how our hearts are to operate with each other in
love. But we are only training them to
be about me, myself, and I. Jesus Christ
lived totally opposite of that spirit from satan and commands we do the same to
be ultimately blessed. Let Him reveal Himself.
Blessings to us all as we let our Lord reveal Himself,
Vincent Young, Christian Analyst.
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