I recommend taking some time to read Isaiah 53 today. While most of us turn straight to the end of one of the Gospels to read the Easter story (which is very important too!), we need to be reminded of Isaiah's prophecies 700 years earlier.
Since I attended a wonderful women's retreat last year and the speaker used Scripture as 60-75% of the words she actually spoke, I was encouraged to read deeply in God's Word. (So many times we think our own words will maybe impart some wisdom when we really should step back and let God's Words speak for themselves.) So, WRITE down the verses that stand out to you, the ones that capture your soul and transform the way you think, and then MEDITATE on what God is sharing with us.
JESUS
took
my transgressions and iniquities upon Himself,
bearing
the chastisement I deserved.
All
the pain and suffering He bore:
being
smitten, afflicted, wounded, bruised, oppressed, numbered with the
transgressors, the stripes, His silence,
the prison, His death, His
grave, pouring out His soul unto death...was to justify many!
He bore the penalty that I might be justified!
With these thoughts in our mind, we can truly see the glory and power of Easter.
"He shall see the labor of His soul...and be satisfied."
Isaiah 53:11
