Isaiah 53:3-4
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. Surely he hath borne our grief’s, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.
What of Today’s Verse…
Jesus was everything and became nothing and we didn’t notice what he did for us. We just assumed he deserved it, and so we did not repent. But there was something about that sacrificial story that grabbed our hearts and called us home we found in him not only a Saviour, but a servant.
Let us Pray:
God Almighty, your plan to redeem me takes my breath away. How and why you chose to take your precious son and expose him to such public disgrace I will never comprehend. But this I do know: you love me with an everlasting love. I pledge to you that I will serve you with all of my strength in thanks for his great sacrifice. Through Jesus I pray. Amen.
Words of Wisdom
What do you expect?
People generally live up to your expectations of them. If you assume that they’ll cheat you and expect them to take advantage of you, they probably will. If you expect the very best from them, that’s often what you’ll get.
It works the same way, to an even greater degree, with your expectations of yourself. When you expect the best from yourself, you’ll get it. Expectations play a key role in the way you see things. When you expect the best, you’ll see opportunity in situations where others will see only problems. You’ll have the confidence of knowing that you will never settle for less than the best.
And when you expect the best of yourself, you’ll inspire others to do their best as well.
Expect to succeed in every situation. Never settle for less than the best from yourself. And do others a favour by expecting the best of them. What you expect will come to pass.
