The OUTCOME outweighs the SUFFERING

Isaiah 53:3-5 (GOD’S WORD Translation)

    ³He was despised and rejected by people.
      He was a man of sorrows, familiar with suffering.
      He was despised like one from whom people turn their faces,
         and we didn’t consider him to be worth anything.
    ⁴He certainly has taken upon himself our suffering
         and carried our sorrows,
            but we thought that God had wounded him,
               beat him, and punished him.
    ⁵He was wounded for our rebellious acts.
      He was crushed for our sins.
         He was punished so that we could have peace,
            and we received healing from his wounds.


Isn't what Jesus did for us totally amazing!

Sometimes we face sorrows.
Sometimes we experience pain.
Sometimes we hurt inside.
Sometimes we grieve.
Sometimes we are misunderstood.
Sometimes we are rejected.
Sometimes we carry unanswered questions.
Sometimes prayers are not answered as we'd like.
Sometimes lifes struggles seem so overwhelming.
Sometimes we wonder if what we're going through will ever end.


JESUS carries our sorrows
JESUS carried our pain
JESUS friends let him down
JESUS sweat tears of grief
JESUS was misunderstood
JESUS was rejected
JESUS cried "Father, if it be possible remove this cup from me"
JESUS was crushed
JESUS cried "It is finished!"

I am about to undergo surgery on my foot due to damage from the disease "Rheumatoid Arthritis", this Monday I was not in a good place, we had focused on healing again on Sunday, that Jesus carried our sickness on the cross. I felt hurt that for whatever reason, my prayers for healing appear unanswered, that my pain goes on each day unchanged, I wrestled with unanswered questions "If healing is that simple Father, why do I not experience it?, You know I believe, what more do I need to do?" I struggled with what I am about to face, the anaesthetic, the wound to heal, the rehab period before I'll be walking again properly. In my heart I yearned, "if it be possible, heal this foot so I don't have to face this surgery!" PLEASE!
Jesus reminded me of the cross again, but suddenly a new light dawned, he knew ALL I was going to face, he knows every detail of my life, and he's already carried my sorrow about this op, he understands totally my pain, my sorrow, my desperation. He was fully God yet fully man, he faced all this as a man, just like us, he just gently reminds us to lay our anxieties on him, because he has already suffered the "Anguish" for us.
What he went through for us and the victory he won on the cross, has given us total forgiveness, freedom, a way to the very throne room of the Father, where we can find all the help in our time of need.

I know that He will help me through this op, as he understands what it is to endure through pain. And the out come will be GOOD, a new freedom to walk again without the pain.

JESUS endured the cross for me, that I might have the promise of eternal life. He faced it because he knew the outcome far outweighed the suffering. WOW there's a lesson to be learnt in that!