Daily Devotions
Isaiah
"He has put Him to grief"
Text: Isaiah 53:10
THE PLAN OF THE LORD
God planned Man’s salvation. The Divine Plan was anything but easy to fulfil. The Messiah’s role was of critical importance.
“Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise Him;
He has put Him to grief.
When You make His soul an offering for sin,
He shall see His seed, He shall prolong His days,
And the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in His hand.”
Isaiah 53:10
1. The problem of Sin had to be resolved.
a) Sin results in guilt and penalty.
b) The Messiah would have to become “an offering for sin”.
2. The Messiah’s Role.
a) He understood the complexity of how sin must be paid for.
b) He would have to suffer and be bruised.
c) He must endure much grief.
d) The Messiah must endure much before He can become the Saviour.
3. The Gospel accounts.
a) Each author noted the great suffering of the Messiah.
b) He had to endure many things:
i) Physical pain.
ii) Emotional turmoil.
iii) Spiritual assault.
iv) He must endure all things perfectly.
4. The End Results.
a) “He shall see His seed”
i) There would not be biological children.
ii) But there would be millions of spiritual seed.
b) “He shall prolong His days”
i) His physical life was brief.
ii) But He will live forever.
c) “The pleasure of the LORD”
i) God declared that the Lord Jesus was well-pleasing to Him.
ii) These words were uttered at His baptism (Matthew 3).
iii) They were uttered again at the Mount of Transfiguration (Matthew 17).
d) “Shall prosper in His hand”
i) All that the Lord Jesus did would prosper.
ii) The Gospel He proclaimed would prosper.
iii) The Church that He would build would prosper too.