Prospering

Stop whatever you are doing right now.

Open your Bible to Isaiah 52:13 and just start to read... continue through Isaiah 53.

Over 700 years before Jesus was born, God inspired the prophet Isaiah to write these words about what would come.  If these words don't convince us that Jesus is truly the Son of God and our savior then what else would?

We also learn from Isaiah 52:13-14 what it truly means to prosper.  "Behold, my servant will prosper, He will be high and lifted up and greatly exalted.  Just as many were astonished at you, My people, So His appearance was marred more than any man and His form more than the sons of men.  Thus He will sprinkle many nations, Kings will shut their mouths on account of Him ..."  

According to the passages of Isaiah 53,
Did Jesus prosper in the material sense?
Did Jesus prosper in the good looks category?
Did Jesus prosper in the abundance of his possessions?
Did Jesus prosper in the popularity and the praise of men?

Jesus prospered in being a vessel of God, one whose life displayed God's glory.