Posts with the tag “sufferingservant”

I find myself weeping at the picture of a holy God “prospering” as a servant, despised and rejected by the creation he made and then led to the slaughter like a little, helpless lamb. And I realize, every year in a new way, that God’s strength and defense against our enemies is in the picture of a lamb led to the slaughter. The most likely Christian celebrity– Jesus himself– became a servant unto death, even death on a cross.  Read More