“He was despised and rejected—a man of sorrows, acquainted with deepest grief. We turned our backs on him and looked the other way. He was despised, and we did not care.” Isaiah 53:3
As I prayed this morning I thought about all the misinformation and lies we hear. People doubting God—His timing and His very existence. This one truth Jesus Christ impressed on my heart. I share it to remind you where our help comes from. He never changes. His will is done, on earth as it is in heaven.
Man of sorrows, without sin,
You came to die
So love would win
You shed Your crown,
Then came down.
A little Baby, meek and mild
Chubby hands, no scars to be found
You set Your eyes on what was to come.
No worry or doubt.
You taught about a love profound.
You laughed and ate and healed the sick,
As Satan’s minions tried to find
False charges that would stick.
Twelve men you chose to do as God willed.
Fully knowing one would betray,
Sending Your human body to be killed
On Man of sorrow, no mercy knew
From your tormentors for whom you would die.
They laughed and spit,
They punched and whipped cords for scourging
As your blood poured out
“Save yourself if you are God,”
They shouted.
“Father forgive them they know not what they do,”
From cracked lips you prayed.
How heaven must've held its breath
As God turned away from you
Until you met death.
The earth shook, darkness came
The veil was ripped.
And that imp of old danced,
Thinking ‘at long last this was it. “I won.”
But, Man of sorrows was no more.’
In just three days
The Lion of Judah began to roar.
Defeating death,
He rose from the dead—
Vanquishing the prince of lies
Showing him he’d actually lost.
By His blood we are cleansed,
By His death we have life.
Jesus said, “I’ll be back”
As He ascended to the Father.
So, we pray, we love, we share and wait
For Christ’s return,
Because He said,
“Where I go You will be also.”
Man of Sorrow without sin,
My life He saved.
He took on my sin
And made me new.
By Eve Montano