We esteemed Him stricken, smitten by God and afflicted. – Isaiah 53:4
But we esteem Him wrongly. What we call smitten and afflicted is honorable to the Lord. What we call unlovely is precious to God. What we call precious is often abominable to God.
The way of meekness is higher, deeper, stronger than our natural inclination to strength and individuality. The life of meekness that Jesus displayed was considered by His peers, a waste in the moment. But the long-term truth of humility’s overpowering beauty was made known at the resurrection when death itself was overcome by the power of meekness. Humility and meekness is not something we graduate from, ever. It is the pillar of God’s kingdom and it holds the power of the entire way of God. His ways are higher than ours. Our understanding of God’s humility is usually relegated to kindness for the sake of others. But Jesus’ way is directed first and foremost to obeying the Father.
The greatest hindrance to the fullness of God working in and around us is our resistance to being crushed. We give theological ascent to His humility because it benefits us. If we really understood His meek and lowly way; if we grasped the key of the kingdom, we would allow God to use us as He desires: to break us so that His fragrance comes forth. Can we say that we have seen the suffering servant and gone to do likewise? Do we follow Him wherever He goes? Do we even want to? The bride at the end of the age will not only say yes, she will greatly desire it. Where He has gone is where we have been invited to go: glory. But it takes a cross to get there. The Spirit and the Bride say come!
Similar to “road to revival” on my blog. Good message. Blessings.