Devotionals for July 14, 2022
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READ
Isaiah 53:4-6, Luke 22:41-42
"4 Yet it was our weaknesses he carried; it was our sorrows that weighed him down. And we thought his troubles were a punishment from God, a punishment for his own sins! 5 But he was pierced for our rebellion, crushed for our sins. He was beaten so we could be whole. He was whipped so we could be healed. 6 All of us, like sheep, have strayed away. We have left God’s paths to follow our own. Yet the Lord laid on him the sins of us all.”
“41 He walked away, about a stone’s throw, and knelt down and prayed, 42 “Father, if you are willing, please take this cup of suffering away from me. Yet I want your will to be done, not mine.”
"4 Yet it was our weaknesses he carried; it was our sorrows that weighed him down. And we thought his troubles were a punishment from God, a punishment for his own sins! 5 But he was pierced for our rebellion, crushed for our sins. He was beaten so we could be whole. He was whipped so we could be healed. 6 All of us, like sheep, have strayed away. We have left God’s paths to follow our own. Yet the Lord laid on him the sins of us all.”
“41 He walked away, about a stone’s throw, and knelt down and prayed, 42 “Father, if you are willing, please take this cup of suffering away from me. Yet I want your will to be done, not mine.”
REFLECT
In Isaiah, there are multiple passages about the one who would set the people of God free. How did Jesus set us free? He suffered on the cross to save us from our sins. No one likes to suffer. In fact, in the Luke scriptures above, Jesus asked not to suffer, as long as it was God’s will. It was only in the complete confidence and security of who Jesus was and what He was called to do, that Jesus could embrace, not enjoy, his suffering.
APPLY
Q: Why did Jesus have to suffer (verse 5)?
Q: What are you suffering from today? Do you think about how Jesus had to suffer for you?
Q: How can being a part of a community help us all keep suffering in perspective?
Q: What are you suffering from today? Do you think about how Jesus had to suffer for you?
Q: How can being a part of a community help us all keep suffering in perspective?
SING
PRAY
"Forgive us our sins, as we have forgiven those who sin against us."
Jesus, thank you for suffering for me. Your suffering led to my salvation. What a priceless sacrifice and gift! Help me remember your example when I have to endure suffering. Help it to refine me and to make me more like You God. There is no one like you Father!
Jesus, thank you for suffering for me. Your suffering led to my salvation. What a priceless sacrifice and gift! Help me remember your example when I have to endure suffering. Help it to refine me and to make me more like You God. There is no one like you Father!