Things Despised

Hello everyone,

How are you doing on this day? I hope well and bubbling in the Lord. We thank God for His goodness, faithfulness - thank You Lord for everything.

Primary Text

“God chose things despised by the world, things counted as nothing at all, and used them to bring to nothing what the world considers important.” 1 Corinthians 1v28 (NLT)

Isaiah 53v1-3 (AMP) tells us that “Who has believed (trusted in, relied upon, and clung to) our message [of that which was revealed to us]? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been disclosed? For [the Servant of God] grew up before Him like a tender plant, and like a root out of dry ground; He has no form or comeliness [royal, kingly pomp], that we should look at Him, and no beauty that we should desire Him. He was despised and rejected and forsaken by men, a Man of sorrows and pains, and acquainted with grief and sickness; and like One from Whom men hide their faces He was despised, and we did not appreciate His worth or have any esteem for Him.” Indeed this description of our Lord Jesus shows how He was despised, and counted as nothing, and yet, through His death and resurrection, so much was accomplished. 2 Corinthians 8v9 (NLT) for instance says “You know the generous grace of our Lord Jesus Christ. Though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor, so that by His poverty He could make you rich.” Amen.

Supplementary Text

“Surely He has borne our griefs (sicknesses, weaknesses, and distresses) and carried our sorrows and pains [of punishment], yet we [ignorantly] considered Him stricken, smitten, and afflicted by God  [as if with leprosy]. But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our guilt and iniquities; the chastisement [needful to obtain] peace and well-being for us was upon Him, and with the stripes [that wounded] Him we are healed and made whole.” Isaiah 53v4-5 (AMP)

Prayer

Heavenly Father, we thank You so much for this day. Thank You for Your goodness, faithfulness, lovingkindness. Father, we thank You for Your mercy and grace and calling us to be Your own in Jesus name, amen.