Our Scripture reading today is Isaiah 53:1-5.
Verse 5, " But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed."
The prophetic words of Isaiah are a constant reminder of what it cost our LORD to pay the penalty of our sins. Everything that Jesus Christ endured was for our benefit. He did it all for sinners like you and me. There was no other way. It was and is impossible for sinners to be saved by his or her own merit. We cannot heal ourselves. “‘With his stripes we are healed.’ Will you notice that fact? The healing of a sinner does not lie in himself, nor in what he is, nor in what he feels, nor in what he does, nor in what he vows, nor in what he promises. It is not in himself at all; but there, at Gabbatha, where the pavement is stained with the blood of the Son of God, and there, at Golgotha, where the place of a skull beholds the agonies of Christ. It is in his stripes that the healing lies. I beseech thee, do not scourge thyself: ‘With his stripes we are healed.’” (Spurgeon)
On this Thanksgiving Day, may we take time to give praise and thanksgiving to our Saviour! He bore everything that we might be set free. All glory and honour belong to Him. Hallelujah to the Lamb! Revelation 5:12, "Saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory, and blessing."
Happy Thanksgiving!!