Isaiah 53:2

New Living Translation (NLT)

My servant grew up in the Lord’s presence like a tender green shoot,
like a root in dry ground.
There was nothing beautiful or majestic about his appearance,
nothing to attract us to him.

For Meditation

The message of Easter is simple, yet profound. It starts with God and ends with Him. It commences in wonder and ends with a climatic and marvelous victory. It’s the story of eternity, with our portion carved out for us.

Christmas heralded the beginning of God’s redemption story, and the Resurrection climaxed it, but with a clear sequel in view.

The long-awaited Messiah came into a sin-scotched world, in a spiritually dry area, nestled in the womb of a virgin He created. Unfathomable, but real. Angels announced it to the privileged participants but kept from everybody as the most guarded mystery. His birth was full of drama: An old priestly couple to be surprised with a child, a forerunner to prepare the way, a virgin young woman’s womb to incubate the holy One, an emperor to decree and position the birth place, a sleeping town for His birth, a sheep pen with a manger to welcome Him, some poor shepherds as privileged with first visitation right, a company of angels to serenade His birth, an imposter king to be rudely awakened, some wise men from the east to adore and worship, a foreign country to receive its most important refugee, a notorious town to nurture its most celebrated citizen, an old devout man and an old prophetess, both to celebrate the day they had lived for; all were positioned for this wonder of ages among a dead-cold nation that had anxiously awaited their Messiah. So, how did they miss it so badly?

How could God be born of mere mortal? How could infinite adorn the finite? How could they perceive Him from such a lowly and obscure family circumstances?

“There was nothing beautiful or majestic about His appearance, nothing to attract us to Him” (Isa. 53:2).

That’s the wonder of God’s love. Love so divine that gave mankind the best gift, His mercy and grace to behold and receive.

The world still sleeps, and her inhabitants dismisses it to their shame and loss. But, to those that have received the light, it is the life-giving story that is transforming and refreshing.

That’s where the Easter story begun, and that’s how it continues.

Are you ready for it?

Shalom