But He was pierced for our transgressions. He was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was on Him and by His wounds we are healed. Isaiah 53:5
Today’s scripture is taken from the prophesy of Isaiah, written 700 years before the Son of God became the Son of Man. If I said nothing else, this fact alone speaks volumes about God’s plan to redeem mankind. However, peace is mentioned and if there is one ideal my heart yearns for, it is the absence of need, strife or sorrow, aka, peace.
Every relationship on the face of the earth has some dynamic of peace or lack there of. In the promise of a redeeming Savior we find the acknowledgement that someone had to make a sacrifice. Through Christ’s torture and death we are reconciled to God and that’s the biggie, but we are left with time here on earth in a discordant world. God didn’t just provide a victor over death, He afforded a means for us to live in harmony with each other and reside in a global community with confidence that God is in charge, always has been, always will be. Therefore, we can set aside hostilities knowing our needs will be met by the Creator and Administrator of all things and savor life, healed from the disease of worry.
Let There Be Peace on Earth, and let it begin with me!
Gretchen