This morning in my regular Bible reading I came to Isaiah chapter 53. It was familiar, but this time it really pierced my heart. These words were prophesied centuries before Jesus was even born, but the details of His suffering are astounding.
Jesus didn’t have just a few hours of discomfort. He was tortured, beaten, and ridiculed before being hung on a rough wooden cross. He hung there in agony for three hours while mean people yelled at him. Then God sent a cover of darkness and Jesus suffered even more agony because He knew that God had forsaken Him. Jesus didn’t deserve that. He was the divine Son of God, perfect and innocent of all sin. Jesus suffered that pain for you and me. Read chapter 53 in Isaiah and then see those words in this poem.
MY SAVIOR SUFFERED
What a wonderful Savior!
Jesus suffered much for me.
He grew up like a tender shoot,
Kind and loving to all.
But He was despised and rejected by men.
Familiar with suffering from His earliest days,
He bore my sorrows, my broken ways.
Yes, He was stricken by God His Father.
But He was pierced because of my sin.
My iniquities crushed His tender heart.
He saw my pride and rebellion.
Yet His punishment brought me peace.
Like a foolish sheep I had gone astray.
I preferred to live my own way.
Not once did my Savior defend Himself.
He went to the cross silent like a lamb.
Evil courts of “justice” took Him away.
Liars filled with hatred took over that day.
He had no one to defend Him.
He died with wicked men on a cruel cross,
Yet was buried by a rich man at his own cost.
Jesus poured out His life to pay for our sin
and will justify all who put their trust in Him.
© Rosemary Watson
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