Read Isa. 53:10-12
This verse is hard to comprehend with our natural minds. It pleased God to bruise Jesus. "Bruise" in the Hebrew means "to beat to pieces; crush". God orchestrated everything Jesus went through his whole life up to the moment he breathed his last breath. And when we spiritually understand that and let his sacrifice be our sacrifice then it makes God very happy. He allowed all that to happen to his only son so that he could multiply him on the earth through us. When we appropriate his blood in our lives and let him take our sins, then Jesus is compensated for all the suffering he went through. In the end, God will give Jesus the reward for what he did and he will share it with us. Verse 12 says what Jesus did in a nutshell: he emptied himself in death, called a rebel, bore our sins, and prayed for all the sinners that would come after him.
Lord, we are so grateful for what you have done for us. May we live our lives to honor you.
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