Encouragement: We have been healed

Here is your daily encouragement words and thoughts. Today I bring you encouragement from Isaiah 53:3-6

3 He was despised and rejected by people,
one who experienced pain and was acquainted with illness;
people hid their faces from him;
he was despised, and we considered him insignificant.
4 But he lifted up our illnesses,
he carried our pain;
even though we thought he was being punished,
attacked by God, and afflicted for something he had done.
5 He was wounded because of our rebellious deeds,
crushed because of our sins;
he endured punishment that made us well;
because of his wounds we have been healed.
6 All of us had wandered off like sheep;
each of us had strayed off on his own path,
but the Lord caused the sin of all of us to attack him.

Biblical Studies Press. (2006; 2006). The NET Bible First Edition; Bible. English. NET Bible.; The NET Bible (Is 53:3-6). Biblical Studies Press.

When ever I partake of communion I always go back in my mind to Isaiah 53. This allows me to get my focus totally on Jesus. I stand in awe of what Jesus has done for us. He has taken away our illness and pain and sin. He stood in our place and took what we deserved. There is healing in the bread that just needs to be claimed, and forgiveness in the wine for all our sins, past , present and future. Christ's work is done, finished.

When we take communion we need to make sure we keep our focus on him because he has done it all. Jesus commanded us to take the bread and wine instructing us to "do this in remembrance of me."

Amen

Power of the Cross http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubGCISQQ7Zo