VERSE OF THE DAY

Saturday

Isaiah 53:3-4 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 he carried our sorrows, yet we considered him stricken by God, smitten by him, and afflicted.

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 Savior, but a servant.

PRAYER ... 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.