04/10/2026
Isaiah said, “He was wounded for our transgressions, bruised for our iniquities and the chastisement of our peace was upon Him; and with His stripes we are healed.”
And then he added, “All we like sheep have gone astray.”
The description is not just about Israel it but is the story of humanity.
It is the story of my life.
There was a long stretch of my journey, beginning in childhood and stretching into adulthood, when I did not always stand in the place of any understanding, nor did I always have the strength to walk in what was right.
Time, choices, and the battle for righteous thinking pressed against me daily.
And even now, the only true resolve I have found rests in the Lord and in the assurance of His forgiveness.
From the age of six, I was raised in a religious system that taught me to confess my sins to a man called identified as (priest), believing he stood as God’s representative.
I would speak my transgressions, receive instructions, and repeat prayers so that my sins could be absolved.
That became my understanding of acceptance with God and it further shaped my conscience.
It shaped my fears and later formed my sense of what was right and wrong.
But over time, something happened.
The Scriptures being the living Word of God began to speak louder than the system I was raised in to trust and the one passage that brought clarity was 1 John 1:5–10.
It declares that God is light, and in Him there is no darkness at all. It tells us that if we claim fellowship with Him while walking in darkness, we lie. But if we walk in the light, the blood of Jesus cleanses us from all sin.
It reminds us that if we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves. But if we confess our sins and not to a man, not to a system, but to God, then He is faithful and just to forgive us and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
And then in Romans 8:1 the bible lifts its voice and says, “There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus.”
It’s not because we are perfect, nor because we have earned it.
But because Christ has already taken the condemnation upon Himself.
So let me speak plainly.
Do I think I am perfect?
No! And I must say no, because perfection was never the requirement for God to love me or redeem me.
Is the answer to my imperfections and my future attached to a sacrifice?
Yes! And not by my sacrifice but His.
The sacrifice of the Lamb of God.
It comes from the sacrifice of the One who was wounded for my transgressions and bruised for my iniquities.
And this is where the exhortation begins.
Paul said there comes a time when we must desire meat and not milk.
Hebrews 5:14 says, “Solid food is for the mature, who by constant use have trained themselves to distinguish good from evil.”
It means growth is not accidental and maturity is not automatic.
It comes by feeding on the truth, practicing the truth, and walking in the truth.
Perhaps God is sending us a dinner invitation.
Perhaps Christ Jesus is the host.
Perhaps the table is already set.
Milk for those who are growing.
Meat for those who are ready.
Grace for all who hunger.
Sit down and eat.
Sit down and learn.
Sit down and grow.
Sit down and receive the sacrifice that answers your imperfections and secures your future.
Because the best meal you will ever taste is the truth of God’s Word.
It is the truth that heals, the truth that frees, the truth that matures, and the truth that leads you into the light.
Job was sitting on a pile of ashes and in great suffering when he said, “I know my redeemer lives”
Maybe, this is your hope as well because our Redeemer lives!
Job 19:25-27,
25 I know that my redeemer lives,
and that in the end he will stand on the earth. 26 And after my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I will see God; 27 I myself will see him with my own eyes, I, and not another. How my heart yearns within me!
