Jesus Carried Our Pain
- Ivette Santiago
- 4 hours ago
- 3 min read
“Surely He took up our infirmities and carried our sorrows; yet we considered Him stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted.” — Isaiah 53:4 (KJV)
What if the pain you feel today is the beginning of the healing you’ve been searching for?
There are questions that travel through the centuries with the same force they had when first spoken. Isaiah opens his song of the Suffering Servant with one of them: “Who has believed our report?” It is not just a rhetorical question; it is an invitation to pause, to examine the heart, to look directly at the mystery of God’s love revealed in a Messiah who did not come with splendor, but as “a tender shoot in dry ground.”
We can express it with a beauty that reaches the depths:
“There was no beauty in Him, no earthly appeal; yet He carried on His shoulders our eternal weight.”
This is the center of the Gospel: a King with no appearance of a king, a Savior who embraces pain that was not His, a Servant who carries guilt He did not commit.
The Servant Who Took Our Place
Isaiah 53 confronts us with a truth we cannot soften: it was we who had gone astray. Each one took their own path, each followed their own desire, each turned away from the Shepherd’s voice. But the Father, in an act of incomprehensible love, caused “the iniquity of us all” to fall upon Him.
We can declare with biblical faithfulness:
“Like wandering sheep each one turned away; but the Father laid our sin upon the Lord.”
It was not an accident. It was not a tragedy without purpose. It was a voluntary, silent, obedient surrender.
“He was oppressed and afflicted, yet He opened not His mouth.” The Lamb did not protest. He did not defend Himself. He did not retreat. He knew His silence would become our salvation.
The Justice That Flows From His Surrender
Isaiah declares that in His death there was justice—not human justice, limited and fragile, but divine justice that restores, cleanses, and reconciles.
We can also express it with powerful clarity:
“In His death there was justice, in His surrender salvation; He was counted among the wicked, yet without guilt or betrayal.”
Christ did not only die; He bore fruit. The prophet says He would see the result of His suffering and be satisfied.
And what is that fruit? You and me. Those who once had no comfort and no forgiveness. Those who today can live by His grace and His eternal love.
Healing for Body, Soul, and Spirit
The phrase “By His stripes we are healed” is not a spiritual slogan. It is a prophetic declaration, a fulfilled promise, a reality that continues transforming lives.
Healing does not always mean the absence of pain. Sometimes it means hope in the midst of it. Sometimes it means peace in the storm. Sometimes it means forgiveness where there was guilt, restoration where there was ruin, life where there was death.
The blood that redeems not only cleanses—it renews.The cross that saves not only forgives—it transforms.
A King Who Rises and Reigns
We can proclaim with strength:
“Jesus Christ, righteous Servant, King of life and resurrection.”
The suffering Servant became the victorious King. The slain Lamb is now the reigning Lion. The One counted among sinners now intercedes for them. The One who bore our punishment now clothes us in righteousness.
So then… if by His stripes we are healed, what area of your life do you need to surrender today so that He may restore it?
Song:
Jesus Is My Healer | feat. Jessie Harris | Gateway Worship
