Topic: How Jesus Relates To Suffering

Isaiah 53:3 He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, and familiar with suffering. Like one from whom men hide their faces he was despised, and we esteemed him not. 4 Surely he took up our infirmities and carried our sorrows, yet we considered him stricken by God, smitten by him, and afflicted. (NIV)

Although you may not deserve to have an adversity put upon you, Jesus took adversity upon himself to bring you wholeness and healing. Because He loves you, without ever knowing whether you would love Him back, Christ was smitten and took on suffering upon the Cross so you could be victorious against suffering. Through His stripes injuries, we are given the power to be absolutely healed. Our struggle against suffering and our search for healing is by faith. Our struggle against suffering consists of using our faith power against the dark power seeking to destroy us. The dark power brings us all kinds of pain, problems, suffering, and adversity. The Light power of Jesus brings us healing and wholeness. Jesus felt the same pain and isolation in His heart we feel in our times of darkness. He was wounded because of the darkness in our life, wounded even for the adversity put upon us without our consent. When we accept the full magnitude of Christ's act of accepting suffering, we will someday be free of suffering when we ascend to Heaven. When we finally ascend to Heaven, we will be fully and completely healed by His stripes. In love, Jesus took suffering upon himself so you would be healed for eternity. Jesus took up your adversity so there would come a time when you would have suffering no more. He took on your darkness and He carried your sorrows and grief to the Cross so you would someday be able to cast off this life full of sorrows and grief. Christ did not take your suffering upon Himself because God ordered Him to do so. Jesus took on your suffering because He loves you. Because of what Jesus did, you do not have to bear your burdens alone. The inevitable question must then be asked, "If He bore my sorrows then why do I still have them?" The answer is in this life, there is tribulation but we can overcome the tribulation. This life is constructed in such a way we have pain, problems, suffering, and adversity. However, even in the middle of the pain, we can still overcome. 

Matthew 8: 17 This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah: "He took up our infirmities and carried our diseases." (NIV) 

Matthew 8:17 is a quote of Isaiah 53:4. The Hebrew rendering shows Christ to actually be taking away the pain and grief we carry. However, there was no free lunch in this life for Christ and there is no free lunch in this life for any of us. In this life, there is no easy out. There is suffering in this life. However, Christ came to help us, to comfort us, and to give us the power to overcome our obstacles in His eternal plan for each of us. Our obstacles may never go away in this life, but in the next life our obstacles will all be gone. Instead of our obstacles there will be love, joy, peace, and glory beyond anyone's imagination.

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