“Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in his hand” (Isa. 53:10).
Several years ago, I heard that one of my relatives was very sick. Her husband said that the doctors couldn’t figure out what was wrong. She’d been in for surgery two or three times, and there was nothing more they could do. Some kind of sickness had spread throughout her entire body, but they didn’t know exactly what it was, and they couldn’t get rid of it. They weren’t even sure she would live.
After prayer, she went in for surgery one more time. But when they opened her up, they couldn’t find a trace of any sickness in her body except in her appendix. They removed her appendix, and she’s been healthy ever since.
As I pondered her situation, I thought, That’s a good picture of what God did for us! Just as it pleased Him to get the appendix that was full of sickness and disease out of my relative’s body, it pleased Him to send Jesus to pay the price for our sickness and disease!
You see, sickness and disease were destined to destroy the entire body of Christ. But God took all that sickness and disease and condensed it into Jesus’ body. God removed the sickness and disease, but He had to let it fall on Jesus so the body of Christ could be free from it.
That’s why it pleased God to bruise Jesus. Thank God for His love! In a moment of time, all the sickness and disease of mankind was centered in one Man. Jesus was willing to pay the price to destroy those works of the enemy. He paid the price for you and me to walk in health today.
God so loved the world that He gave Jesus. Jesus so
loved me that He willingly paid the price to set me free
from sickness and disease. Praise God, I am free!
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For over 40 years, Pastors Mark and Janet Brazee have traveled throughout the world sharing the Word of God and the Spirit of God. Together they've shared the powerful truths of faith and healing in more than 50 nations.
Today Mark and Janet pastor World Outreach Church in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where they base their ongoing outreach to the world. The Brazees still travel as the Lord leads, and they are raising up a congregation who share their passion to reach Tulsa and the world.