Isaiah 53:7 "He was oppressed and treated harshly, yet he never said a word. He was led as a lamb to the slaughter. And as a sheep is silent before the shearers, he did not open his mouth."
This passage in Isaiah foretells the suffering Jesus will endure. As he was falsely accused and illegally beaten and tortured, he did not say a word.
If I am wronged, mistreated, offended or inconvenienced I say something. I speak up to defend myself and my pride. Jesus did not. Even though the entire situation he was in was wrong and was our fault, he said nothing. He took the fall for my sin and did so willingly. Maybe I need to be a little more patient, and have a little more mercy and grace for people? Maybe it's OK to be wronged and inconvenienced from time to time? Maybe I should shut up and be still and remember how quiet he was one day for me.
Dear Jesus thank you for doing what you did so willingly. Amen.
