Jesus Carried Our Sorrows to Victory Sample

Isaiah’s prophetic image of the Messiah supplied us with some critical insights about him. He grew up more like a servant, rather than a king. Isaiah describes him like a root out of a dry ground. That means he was detached, isolated, an outcast.

His appearance was neither beautiful nor desirable, not anyone that you would readily give a second look. Jesus knew all too well what it felt like to be looked down upon and overlooked by others.

He wasn’t the broad-shouldered, square chinned, fair-skinned, carpenter’s son that some imagine him to be. He was ridiculed, mocked, shunned, despised, and hated by his peers. He didn’t do this for self-pity, he did it for us.

Have you ever felt out of place, unwanted, unliked, like you just didn’t fit in?

Jesus wanted to identify with us in every experience that we might have.

Isaiah said he seemed like an unsuspecting lamb being led to the slaughter or like a sheep who didn’t know that he was going to be fleeced, tricked, and taken advantage of by those closest to him.

Jesus wasn’t gullible as some believed he was.

Look what he said to his disciples, “Behold I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves. Be ye therefore wise as serpents and harmless and doves”. (Matthew 10:16)

Jesus wasn’t concerned about what other folks thought of him. He did everything he did because he loves us.