FEBRUARY 28, 2013
Pack
Up Your Sorrows
Read: Isaiah 53:1-6
Surely He has borne
our griefs and carried our sorrows. —Isaiah 53:4
During
the turbulent years of the 1960s, popular music in America was a
strange
mixture of protest and patriotism. Some songs lashed out against
war, greed,
and injustice in society, while others affirmed duty to country
and traditional
values. But “Pack Up Your Sorrows,” written by Richard
Farina and Pauline Baez
Marden, seemed to fit all of the categories with its
focus on the quest for
personal peace. The refrain said the following:
Well, if somehow you could pack up your
sorrows,
And give them all to me
You would lose them, I know how to use them,
Give them all to me.
Perhaps
everyone hoped that someone really could bring them peace.
The
good news is that there is Someone who can! Isaiah 53 is a prophetic
picture of
Israel’s promised Messiah. Christians see its fulfillment in the
death and
resurrection of Jesus Christ. “Surely He has borne our griefs and
carried our
sorrows . . . . He was wounded for our transgressions, He was
bruised for our
iniquities; the chastisement for our peace was upon Him,
and by His stripes we
are healed” (vv.4-5).
Jesus
took our sins and sorrows on Himself so that we could be forgiven
and have
peace with God. Will you give Him your sorrows today?
Never a burden that He does not carry;
Never a sorrow that He does not share;
Whether the days may be sunny or dreary,
Jesus is always there.
—Bertha Lillenas. ©1934 Homer A. Rodeheaver.
No sorrow is too heavy for our Savior to bear.
Source:
Our Daily Bread 2012
