I don't enjoy correcting my children. It is probably the least favorite thing I like to do in life. If I had my way, my children would never fight, they would always respond with the right attitude, they would always obey immediately. That is not usually what happens, without a little persuasion.
Speaking of Christ's suffering, verse 10 says, "Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him..." It pleased God that His Son was suffering? That seems contrary to God's nature. Why would He be pleased with the torment of His Child? Perhaps, when the bruising brings about a result. When I have disciplined my children, I find no pleasure in it, but when their fighting has ceased, when their attitude has sweetened, when they do what they are told, I am pleased. Unfortunately, sometimes it takes unpleasantness to accomplish the goal. When Jesus Christ's body was badly beaten, when it was nailed to the cross, when it had no life left in it, it accomplished it's purpose. It redeemed me. The result of the bruising was pleasing to the Lord. In verse 11 it says, "He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied..." God knew what the end result would be, and that was to purchase the salvation of all the people He loved.
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| The Suffering Savior--Taken from The Bible in Pictures:The New Bible Symbols By M. Bihn and J. Bealings The John A. Hertel Company, 1922 |
It doesn't please God to bruise me. Sometimes it is necessary to achieve what is necessary in my life. He doesn't enjoy the process, but He likes the product He gets. If I try to live a life where I don't fight, I keep the right attitude, I obey God immediately, He will have fewer reasons to give me bruises. If He can get the result without the persuasion, wouldn't that makes things pleasant for both of us? For Christ, there was no choice but to offer His body. There was no other way. He satisfied and pleased the Lord with His sacrifice. He took my lumps so that I can live without bruises.
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