“Posterity will serve him. Future generations will be told about the Lord. They will proclaim his righteousness to a people yet unborn—for he has done it.”
Psalm 22:30-31
Now we return to the passage with which we began the month. In this broken world, our wounded cry is, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me” (v. 1)? And Jesus Christ, our Man of Sorrows, bore this very cry to the cross, suffering God’s forsakenness alongside His internal and external woundedness. This He did in our place.
We don’t need to justify God in the face of our wounds—He is the God of Wounds! And He will make the bones that He has broken to rejoice (see Psalm 51). Jesus didn’t only bear our wounds upon the cross to identify with them and us, but also to overcome them. His cry of desperation carried within its very echoes the final word: He has done it.
It turns out that our soul wounds are not objections to be lifted up against God, nor should they be a cause to keep our distance from Him. The very fact that our souls are wounded causes us to cry out for a Soul Healer. We will all be wounded in this world. But sadly, not all of us will turn to the Soul Healer by His grace alone. Will you come to Him today with the deep agonies of your life?
We don’t need to justify God in the face of our wounds—He is the God of Wounds! And He will make the bones that He has broken to rejoice (see Psalm 51). Jesus didn’t only bear our wounds upon the cross to identify with them and us, but also to overcome them. His cry of desperation carried within its very echoes the final word: He has done it.
It turns out that our soul wounds are not objections to be lifted up against God, nor should they be a cause to keep our distance from Him. The very fact that our souls are wounded causes us to cry out for a Soul Healer. We will all be wounded in this world. But sadly, not all of us will turn to the Soul Healer by His grace alone. Will you come to Him today with the deep agonies of your life?
Scripture Focus
Psalm 22
Insight
There are two types of people in this world: The walking wounded and the carried wounded. Which are you?
Bible In A Year
- Ezra 7-8
- Psalm 29
- Mark 8