The Truth Is Exposed
September 4, 2025

KEY FROM GOD’S WORD:

Isaiah 52:14
As many were astonied at thee; his visage was so marred more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men:

 

THOUGHTS ON GOD’S WORD:

 

     The Bible records for us the days and hours before the crucifixion of Jesus. It tells of how He was beaten with a whip that had large pieces of metal or stone tied into it. With every strip laid across Jesus, it tore large pieces of flesh from His back. During the time He was being held, he was beaten by hand and with a rod. He was spat on and had large amounts of hair pulled from His face and scalp, leaving bare flesh bleeding in its place. A crown was made of spike-like thorns and was pressed upon His head, which caused blood to flow down His face. He was blindfolded, slapped, and asked to say who had done this. He was led up a stony path carrying the weight of the cross that was to hold Him up to His death. Falling under the weight of this cross, He landed on the stony path that dug into His flesh. Nailed through His hands and feet, and a spear thrust in His side.

 

     Is it any wonder that Isaiah’s prophecy says that people were astonied, or in our words today, horrified, to see Him in such a condition? To look at Him, you would barely recognize Him as a man, much less King of Kings. Yet hundreds of years before Jesus was crucified, in a manner unthinkable to the Jews of the day, God gave a revelation to Isaiah of what would happen to the true Messiah. Moreover, it happened, just as He said.

 

CARRYING THAT THOUGHT THROUGH THE DAY:

     Oh, what a terrible picture we get in our minds of our beloved Saviour on that day. However, what a great truth is here. God did not hold back the gruesome truth in His revelation to Isaiah of the horror that would come to His Son. Neither did He mistake the truth when He shared Jesus’ glorious resurrection. God did not hold back on the truth when it was bad or good. God did the same with the truth of our home in Heaven and His coming one day. With God and His Word, the truth is exposed. Praise God for the Hope to come. Keep looking up.

 

What peace comes to your heart, knowing God’s Word is TRUTH?

 

IF YOU ARE JOURNALING:

Ask yourself, what are MY THOUGHTS concerning this Passage and today’s Devotion?

 

Do I find within this reading a CHALLENGE for my life?

 

What are one or two things I WILL DO today or this week to accept that CHALLENGE?

 

  

GOD TALKING TO ME: September 4, 2025

THROUGH THE BIBLE ACCELERATED READING
^{(OT-1, NT & PS-2, Prov-Monthly)}
Isaiah 51, 52 / Psalm 60
Proverbs 4 / John 3

 

THROUGH THE BIBLE OLD & NEW TESTAMENT DAILY
Psa. 138-143  /  1 Co. 9