Read: Isaiah 53:9–12 | Bible in a Year: 1 Samuel 27–29; Luke 13:1–22
He poured out his life unto death. Isaiah 53:12
Our daughter burst into tears as we waved goodbye to my parents.
After visiting us in England, they were starting their long journey back
to their home in the US. “I don’t want them to go,” she said. As I
comforted her, my husband remarked, “I’m afraid that’s the price of
love.”
We might feel the pain of being separated from loved ones, but
Jesus felt the ultimate separation when He paid the price of love on the
cross. He, who was both human and God, fulfilled Isaiah’s prophecy
700 years after Isaiah gave it when He “bore the sin of many” (Isa.
53:12). In this chapter we see rich pointers to Jesus being the
suffering Servant, such as when He was “pierced for our transgressions”
(v. 5), which happened when He was nailed to the cross and when one of
the soldiers pierced His side (John 19:34), and that “by his wounds we
are healed” (Isa. 53:5).
Because of love, Jesus came to earth and
was born a baby. Because of love, He received the abuse of the teachers
of the law, the crowds, and the soldiers. Because of love, He suffered
and died to be the perfect sacrifice, standing in our place before the
Father. We live because of love.
Lord Jesus Christ, the Lamb of God who takes away our sins, have mercy on us, and help us to extend mercy and love to others. Show us how we might share Your love with others today.
Jesus was the perfect sacrifice who died to give us life.
© 2017 Our Daily Bread Ministries
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