EVENING DEVOTION by James Smith
AUGUST 23
Isaiah 53:3
He is despised and rejected of men;
a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief:
Strange acquaintance for the Son of God!
The brightness of glory, and the express image of
the Father's person!
But he came into our world on purpose that he
might know by experience all that his people deserved.
He had heard of sorrow. He had seen it in others.
But he had never felt it himself.
He took our nature.
He came into our place.
He began to suffer as soon as he was born, and he
pursued a course of suffering until he died.
In the sweat of his brow he eats his bread.
The reproaches of them that reproached his
Father, fell on him.
He became intimate with grief.
He knew it in all its varieties.
In all its depth.
No one ever suffered so much, or from so many
causes, or so constantly as he.
He visited joy occasionally, but he dwelt with
grief.
It was his companion.
Christian, the Lord suffered for thee; he
suffered like thee; he suffered far, far more than thee; and now he can
sympathise with thee.
He knows by experience what human nature feels.
He suffered from all quarters, from heaven, earth,
and hell; and therefore he is able; he is moved to succour thee in all thy
sorrows, griefs, and woes.
As man, he pities my complaints;
His power and truth are all divine;
He will not fail, he cannot faint;
Lord, make thy full salvation mine!
James Smith
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