Advent - Day Fourteen

 For Advent this year, we are reading A Weary World Rejoices written by Brittany Rust   **************************************************************

Surely He has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows; Yet we esteemed Him stricken, Smitten by God, and afflicted. But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities; The chastisement for our peace was upon Him, and by His stripes we are healed. All we like sheep have gone astray; We have turned, every one, to his own way; And the Lord has laid on Him the iniquity of us all.
Isaiah 53:4-6 NKJV

He took up your [our] pain, sin, and infirmities to bring you [us] life. Exchanging His peace for suffering so that you [we] might have peace as well. Verse six says we have all gone astray, and that means you [and me]. But Jesus is the Great Shepherd who gathers His sheep into the fold and protects them with His rod and staff. That’s the comfort you and I have in Christ.

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Prayer:

Father,
            How do we thank You for all the provision made by Jesus the Christ? His life and death covered it all - every sin, every sorrow, every need - big and small. He only is our Source of pure joy and peace, not as the world knows it, but as only Christ can give us - untouchable by circumstances - and found only in relationship with Him. And to think that You loved us so much that You sent Your Son to die in our place, to pay the debt for our sins and sinful choices. And yet we come humbly before You, asking that You keep us ever mindful of what it cost to pay for our redemption. In Jesus' Name we pray. Amen