God Speaks Today

God Speaks Today

A quiet moment for your busy morning. Two verses, one devotional, and a brand-new song to help you listen for God's voice before the world gets loud.

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Wednesday, April 1, 2026
Charles Spurgeon

From Crushing to Crown: God's Perfect Wisdom

Isaiah 53:10-12 • Luke 24:26
Yet it was the LORD’s will to crush Him and to cause Him to suffer; and when His soul is made a guilt offering, He will see His offspring, He will prolong His days, and the good pleasure of the LORD will prosper in His hand. After the anguish of His soul, He will see the light of life and be satisfied. By His knowledge My righteous Servant will justify many, and He will bear their iniquities. Therefore I will allot Him a portion with the great, and He will divide the spoils with the strong, because He has poured out His life unto death, and He was numbered with the transgressors. Yet He bore the sin of many and made intercession for the transgressors. - Isaiah 53:10-12
Was it not necessary for the Christ to suffer these things and then to enter His glory? - Luke 24:26
Beloved, God's redemptive plan transforms suffering, once deemed a lamentable accident, into a divine necessity. Our Lord Jesus, the Suffering Servant, was "crushed" on the cross, not as a tragedy, but as heaven's design to bear our iniquities and secure our justification. His journey from profound humiliation to glorious exaltation provides our profound hope, gathering us, His ransomed spoil, into His eternal family. This perfectly executed plan turns the deepest suffering into the highest glory for our everlasting joy.

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