Earlier this month, there came a day when I felt this surge of gratitude for my parents. with an avalanche of emotions, it all came back to me. All of the sacrifices they have made in the past, the ones they keep making for my siblings and me. Those sacrifices they made so that we can have a shot at a better life than they did. Fast forward to some time this week, I was listening to Isaiah 53. And I started to hear things like:
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.
Hearing this in the week stopped me in my tracks because it became more real to me the sacrifices Jesus made for you and me. He gave it all so that we can live the best life in marvelous light. I have read closely this chapter over and over since that day this week and I cannot help but imagine all the pain and suffering my Jesus went through so that I can have this amazing life that I now live in Him. My reflex and continuous posture are an ocean of gratitude to Jesus for making those sacrifices. The thing is I know exactly what life outside Jesus feels like and over and over I will choose this life that my Jesus has paid for in full.
So my dear brother and sister in Christ as we wrap up the year, we are thrilled with excitement about the season, or perhaps you are not the least bit thrilled. Take a moment to read through Isaiah 53 ponder on it let the Holy Spirit breathe over it for you. Jesus did so much for you and me, and it is magnanimous enough to be thankful for. Let your heart well up with gratitude for the king of kings who left His throne, and became poor so that we can live in abundance. He submitted Himself to ridicule, bondage, shame and pain so that we would live in wholeness, peace and liberty. My Jesus is beyond amazing and I hope that you choose to continuously behold Him in His splendour and radiance.
And to my dear who may not know Jesus for yourself, I used to be you six years ago. It is so dark, lonely and depressing on that side of life. I invite you to read Isaiah 53 as well. Take a good look at what love is, Jesus loves you so much that He sacrificed His life that you may live yours in abundance joy peace, clarity. Oh! How Jesus loves you my dear. Say yes to Him today my dear.