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
Just do it…
Sometimes there are things that just have to be done. The best option, when something needs to be done, is to do it.
Don’t worry about how you’re going to "deal" with it, or what it will do to your self-esteem, or what other people will think. Just do it. Take the action. You are in complete control of your mind and your body; no one has any power over you. Only you can control your own actions. And if there’s something that you must do, then you’re the one who needs to do it.
I can make excuses. You can make excuses. A child can make excuses. So what? Excuses don’t get anything accomplished. Action is the key to accomplishment. Discipline yourself to take action.
Yes, it is difficult. Yes, it is painful. Yes, it is inconvenient. And yes, you know it needs to be done. So just do it today.
