By Pastor Dr. Aggrey Soyekwo
“He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, and familiar with suffering. Like one from whom men hide their faces he was despised, and we esteemed him not.
Surely he took up our infirmities and carried our sorrows, yet we considered him stricken by God, smitten by him, and afflicted.
But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon him, and by his wounds we are healed.
We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to his own way; and the LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all." (Isaiah 53:3-6)
Jesus was despised and rejected, suffered intensely and with much sorrow, pierced and crushed, and afflicted with deep physical and emotional wounds!
He went through all these to carry our infirmities and sorrows, to bear our sins, pay for our peace and healing and to restore us back to God. He went all the way for you and me! What a love!
Shalom children of God.