The Silence of the Lamb

He was oppressed and afflicted, yet He did not open His mouth. Like a lamb led to the slaughter and like a sheep silent before her shearers, He did not open His mouth. He was taken away because of oppression and judgement; and who considered His fate? For He was cut off from the land of the living; He was struck because of my people's rebellion. Isaiah 53:7,8

Complaining is something we are good at, yet it was something absent from Jesus. The stark difference lays before us. What would God have us do? Be conformed to the image of His Son. In other words, stop complaining!

This can be a challenge, especially when we are severely wounded emotionally, it can be like scalding hot water poured upon our emotions. Yet what could have been more devastating for Jesus? I would say this was the worst. Rejected by the people He came to save, especially His own brothers and sisters, the church rejected Him, one of His closest rejected and betrayed Him and finally His Father turned His face from Him. The only words were, "My God, My God, why have you forsaken Me?" This was the hardest thing to take. Yet these words we allow in the lamb, they show us His true devastation.

In pain we are compelled to squeal, to complain bitterly. It is better we complain to the Lord than to others. He is able to hold out tears, He is able to comfort our hearts. He sees what we do not see. We are caught inside life, He is far above looking down. What seems overpowering to us, is a small, overcomable incident that will strengthen our character. Whilst our emotions scream, our spirits say, "Rise up and live again!" Amen!

Smith Wigglesworth said, in an address in 1923: ' A man must be in an immoveable condition, and the voice of God must mean to him more than he sees, feels, or what people say. He must have an originality born in heaven, transmitted or expressed in some way. We must bring heaven to earth.'

Smith was referring to praying in tongues, expressing heaven in the midst of our pain. Amen!