He cares
If you’ve
ever had the thoughts that God doesn’t care about you or doesn’t understand what
you’re going through then you’ve missed the whole point of the life of
Christ. I want to show you one chapter and 12 verses
that predicted the life and death of Christ. It’s a chapter in Isaiah. My dad shared this with me weeks before I
read it. “Isaiah 53 is written in past
tense as though it had already happened.
It was written 700 years before the cross. But from God’s perspective it was already
done.” Everything about Jesus’s life and
death shows he understands your pain and cares.
“Humbly forsaking His
Heavenly seat
Beaten and bloodied and washing my feet
Opened our eyes to what love really means
The blood on my hands is what washes me clean”
This is from the Song Because you are by Point of Grace
Isaiah 53
1Who has believed our
message?
To
whom has the LORD revealed his powerful arm?
2My servant grew up in the
LORD’s presence like a tender green shoot,
like
a root in dry ground.
There
was nothing beautiful or majestic about his appearance,
nothing
to attract us to him.
3He 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.
4Yet it was our weaknesses
he carried;
it
was our sorrowsa that weighed him down.
And
we thought his troubles were a punishment from God,
a
punishment for his own sins!
5But 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.
6All 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.
7He was oppressed and
treated harshly,
yet
he never said a word.
He
was led like a lamb to the slaughter.
And
as a sheep is silent before the shearers,
he
did not open his mouth.
8Unjustly condemned,
he
was led away.b
No
one cared that he died without descendants,
that
his life was cut short in midstream.c
But
he was struck down
for
the rebellion of my people.
9He had done no wrong
and
had never deceived anyone.
But
he was buried like a criminal;
he
was put in a rich man’s grave.
10But it was the LORD’s good
plan to crush him
and
cause him grief.
Yet
when his life is made an offering for sin,
he
will have many descendants.
He
will enjoy a long life,
and
the LORD’s good plan will prosper in his hands.
11When he sees all that is
accomplished by his anguish,
he
will be satisfied.
And
because of his experience,
my
righteous servant will make it possible
for
many to be counted righteous,
for
he will bear all their sins.
12I will give him the honors
of a victorious soldier,
because
he exposed himself to death.
He
was counted among the rebels.
He
bore the sins of many and interceded for rebels.”
He understands all of our hurts and
pain.
“If
you think you're a loser
When you fail it seems at everything you do
Just remember there's a Savior
And you are worth enough
He gave His life for you”
This is from the song I’m
Accepted by Degarmo and Key
Hebrews 7:26-27
“26He is the kind of high priest we need because he
is holy and blameless, unstained by sin. He has been set apart from sinners and
has been given the highest place of honor in heaven.f 27Unlike those other high priests, he does not need
to offer sacrifices every day. They did this for their own sins first and then
for the sins of the people. But Jesus did this once for all when he offered
himself as the sacrifice for the people’s sins.
I’m going to conclude with this verse.
1 Peter 5:7
“7Give all your worries and cares to God, for he
cares about you.”
For all you’ve done by Point of Grace
Because you are by Point of Grace
I’m Accepted by Degarmo and Key
Once and For all by White heart
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