He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not. — Isaiah 53:3

Jesus was everything, but he was reduced to nothing for us. However, the majority of the people he came to save here on earth didn’t recognize or accept him. People simply assumed that he earned what he received. Most people didn’t change their ways. Over the years, though, there was something about that tale of self-sacrifice that touched people’s hearts and brought God’s abducted children home. We come to understand that he is a servant for our salvation in addition to being a Savior on the way home.

 

Thought

Jesus was everything, but he was reduced to nothing for us. However, the majority of the people he came to save here on earth didn’t recognize or accept him. People simply assumed that he earned what he received. Most people didn’t change their ways. Over the years, though, there was something about that tale of self-sacrifice that touched people’s hearts and brought God’s abducted children home. We come to understand that he is a servant for our salvation in addition to being a Savior on the way home.

 

Prayer

My breath is taken away by your plan to save me, God Almighty. I’ll never understand why you took your beloved son and subjected him to such public humiliation while he was still on earth. But I do know this: in gratitude for his significant offering, I will serve you with all of my strength because you love me with an everlasting love. I appreciate your love. In Jesus’s precious name I pray. Amen.