our price, He paid

A thought from Choice gleanings that I thought should be a constant reminder to us the magnitude of the Lord's love for us and the incalculable price He paid. For those that are as forgetful as I am, this is one reminder that tops the list at all times:

Surely He hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem Him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. Isa. 53:4 Then Pilate therefore took Jesus, and scourged him. John 19:1

The Roman scourge, wielded by a soldier’s muscular arm, devastated human flesh. Such a beating was brutal. But to be smitten by the arm of God—an arm so powerful that it took only His fingers to fashion gigantic stars—is beyond our comprehension. It was love for you and me that motivated Christ to endure such torment. He took our punishment, “and with His stripes we are healed” (Isa. 53:5). —D. Logan

Jehovah lifted up His rod—O Christ it fell on Thee! Thou wast sore stricken of Thy God, There’s not one stroke for me. —Ann Ross Cousin