[Songs in the Night - April 22]
Therefore will I divide Him a portion with the great, and He shall divide the spoil with the strong; because He hath poured out His soul unto death: and He was numbered with the transgressors; and He bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors. Isaiah 53:12
WELL did the Father know that his Son's faith and
obedience would be abundantly rewarded.
Well did
he know that the soul of Jesus, his being, would constitute
the sin-offering for Adam and his race, and well
he knew that ultimately the Son should see a reward
from this travail of his soul which would satisfy him,
which would more than compensate every trial, every
tear, every pain.
And is it not wonderful that in God's
providence the called ones of this Gospel age may apply
these same consolations and assurances each to his
own heart, and know that all things are working together
for good to them that love God—to the called
ones according to his purpose?
Is it not wonderful that
we also have the assurance that if we suffer with him
we shall also reign with him, that if we experience
travail of soul in following in the footsteps of our Redeemer
we shall have more than compensating satisfaction,
and that the Word of the Lord so guarantees
it?
To all who accept the Lord's promises in faith, the
matter becomes a certainty—"Faith can firmly trust
him, come what may." Z'05-206 R3591:4 (Hymn 111)