I read this this AM. I read it in the Message in writing this I have the NLT in front of me. It touched me this morning and spoke to me, it says it in a different way in the NLT but of course the meaning is the same in both. 53 are the things Jesus went thru for me. I dont have to be sick or pay for sins. He took that for me. 54 and 55 are our redemptive promises. The promises of a hope, of the past being gone and God turning the grief of the past to a glorious future and present. Gods ways are not our ways. His ways are higher than our thoughts. What a promise...in thinking that I could no longer be what was meant to be, Im reminded that His thoughts are higher than mine. He can make a way, where there is no way. 56 let the world in on Gods promises and Gods ways. What a great reading today.
The end of 56 give a warning to leaders. I wonder if this warning is ever given to Bible College students, or anyone that would want to be a leader. It should be and it should be kept before our eyes. Wish my eyes would of found it before...thank God I can go back to chapter 53 and 54!!!
