The Suffering Servant: Part 2

Read Isaiah 53. Jesus was the ultimate suffering servant, because he was sinless - perfectly in line with God’s intentions for the world. And yet he willingly went to death as a result of humanity’s sin. He was the ultimate sacrificial lamb. Think about what happens when you choose to be a servant of God - when you dedicate your life to following Jesus - to model your life after his. We are not the ones who heal this world. It’s not up to us. We are simply instruments of a God making all things new. We are his servants. • He takes humiliation and turns it into victory. • He takes sacrificial generosity and turns it into overflowing abundance. • He takes small acts of love and kindness and uses them to shatter systems of injustice. • Or to put it another way, he takes a tender young shoot and grows it into a mighty tree. We don’t know how God will use our feeble acts of love and justice and selflessness to bring his plans to fruition. We don’t know how he will multiply our obedience for generations to come. All we know is that the Lord’s good plan will prosper in the hands of his servants if we are willing to pursue it no matter the cost. 2 Corinthians 12:9-10 Now I am glad to boast about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ can work through me. That’s why I take pleasure in my weaknesses, and in the insults, hardships, persecutions, and troubles that I suffer for Christ. For when I am weak, then I am strong. If we dedicate ourselves to God’s purposes in this world, if we pursue our destinies in Christ, then the Lord’s good plan will prosper in our hands. God will heal this broken world through us and at the end of the day we will be satisfied.