Jesus Understands Your Suffering (EP 207)

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How does Bryce introduce the theme of the 'suffering servant'?

Bryce Crawford 0:00

What's going on, guys? Welcome back to another episode of the Bryce Carver Podcast. I'm Bryce, and today I'm honestly really excited about this episode because I woke up and this was immediately on my heart. I felt like the phrase I heard this morning was the suffering servant. And the reason why I feel like I heard this phrase was because I was in a devotional this morning and the idea came along. And so I want to phrase this question to you. When someone asks you about your Christian life, what do you say? And if you're not a Christian, when someone asks you about your life, what do you say? I mean, typically, when I remember reading this, I was thinking, man, the first few years of my life, when someone would ask me what it was like being a Christian, I only highlighted the suffering.

Bryce Crawford 0:48

I only highlighted the turmoil. I only highlighted the hardship. I only highlighted the pain. And there was a lack of voice for me saying, yeah, and also the mercy and provision of God where he has done a new and good thing in my life. And I'm grateful. I tend, I oftentimes a few years ago would forget that. And I would only highlight the pain. And so that's what I want to talk about today. is that although, yes, we would be ignorant to neglect your pain, ignorant to neglect your suffering, ignorant to neglect your circumstance, we also cannot neglect the mercy and the gratitude. and the saving that we receive from our Lord Jesus Christ. We can't neglect it, and that's why I want to talk about the suffering servant himself.

Bryce Crawford 1:39

I would highly encourage you to go look at Isaiah 52 and 53.

Why did Bryce focus on his early tendency to only describe Christian life as suffering?

Bryce Crawford 1:43

I mean, Isaiah 52 and 53, mind-blowingly, is one of my favorite passages of Scripture of all time. I mean, hold on. I'll flip there really quick because I think it's important. And 700 years before Jesus is born, the prophet Isaiah, which is arguably the most respected Old Testament prophet, he prophesied Jesus. Verse 13 of Isaiah 52, Behold, my servant, Shaiak, the wisely, he shall be high and lifted up and shall be exalted. As many were astonished at you, his appearance was so marred beyond human resemblance and his form beyond that of the children of mankind. I mean, he was beaten so bad he didn't even look like a human. He was despised and rejected by men. A man of sorrows and acquainted with grief.

Bryce Crawford 2:43

Surely he has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows. Yet we esteemed him stricken, smitten by God and afflicted. But he was pierced for our transgressions. He was crushed for our iniquities. Upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace. And with his wounds, we are healed. You see, it's interesting because oftentimes when we reflect on our life, someone asks us or we think about life, it is easy to hyper fixate on the pain. I understand it. I get it. I don't know what it's like to walk in your shoes, so I'll just share mine. Like I had depression and anxiety for years. I was a people pleaser. I struggled with pornography. I struggled with so many different things. I understand it. And even now being tempted or if I stumble in some form or fashion, it can be easy to hyper fixate on the pain and the suffering and to forget of the mercy and majesty of Christ and the work that he's done.

Bryce Crawford 3:42

Like we have to understand the suffering servant himself. I mean, he knew. What does Jesus say? Hey, if the world hates you, remember it hated me first. So it's inevitable that we'll experience pain. It is inevitable. It said the son of man had nowhere to lay his head. That the same people who were laying palm leaves at his feet, the week later were saying, yeah, crucify that man. They changed their minds about him. But what else does the Bible say? He who knew no sin. became sin so that you and I could become the righteousness of God. We hyper fixate on the suffering as if there is no solution, yet he is the solution. The one who emptied himself, poured himself out for us. is the solution and we forget that we hear the name of jesus we hear the gospel yeah i grown up in church brycer i go to private christian school or i listen to christian podcasts or i read a devotional every month or i go to church every sunday and we forget the beauty of the cross