It Pleased The Lord

"Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise him. (Isaiah 53:10)

We will never be able to plumb the depths or scale the heights of the meaning of this verse. This was pleasing to God, so great was His love for the lost and fallen human race. So great was His love that it cost Him the life of His only begotten Son, and that at great expense of suffering, all that we saw in "The Passion" and more.

This one event stands far and above all others in history. All eternity stopped and took notice that day as the precious, beloved Son of God offered Himself on the cross to work out God's plan to win us back to Himself. Angels cried and hid their faces, and the sun went behind a cloud. The earth shook violently, thunder rolled across the skies, and lightning flashed in jagged streaks. And it rained blood that day, soaking the ground a crimson red, as Jesus Christ the cross ascended. Grace and glory God extended as the Lamb our race defended.

Hallelujah, what a Savior!

It pleased the Lord. Never let a day go by without thanking Him for what He did that day. Never treat it as something we don't need anymore now that we're saved. Hold it always before your spirit and your soul. May we see the full outworking of His salvation in our lives so that "the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in his hand."