"Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise him; he hath put him to grief; when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in his hand."
Mosiah 14:10
This is a verse that appears in Isaiah (53:10) as well, because here Abinadi is quoting Isaiah. The thing that strikes me about this verse is the phrase "it pleased the Lord to bruise him" because that just seems kind of wrong. I mean, why would God take pleasure in giving or watching his son experience that kind of pain. By worldly standards, we might think that someone like that needed some psychological help.
However, on some level, pain is good for us because it teaches us things to avoid as well as helping us learn to appreciate the opposite. If a kid skins his knee and gets up to try again, then he is learning endurance and perseverance and that pain can't conquer him. ... Note that this does not mean that we should intentionally cause our children pain. From God's perspective though, there is no other choice. For us, if we refrain from causing pain, the pain will happen anyway in one way or another. We don't need to add to it. But God, who is capable of stopping it and not allowing one person to feel any pain at all, on some level by not preventing it, is technically responsible for the bruising, not because he directly caused it to happen in that moment, but because he is the creator, and he caused EVERYTHING to happen... but he also takes our pain away through Christ's atonement, and that atonement is the bruising that pleases him. He is pleased that Christ suffered in order to save us all, because that was God's plan from the beginning, and it is working out perfectly. :)
Today, let's remember that bruising is an essential part of learning to navigate our lives. God doesn't want us to be in pain, but he also knows that some temporary pain in our lives is necessary. Let's look forward, as He does, to the day when there will be no more pain, and he will wipe away all of our tears (Revelation 21:14).
Mosiah 14:10
This is a verse that appears in Isaiah (53:10) as well, because here Abinadi is quoting Isaiah. The thing that strikes me about this verse is the phrase "it pleased the Lord to bruise him" because that just seems kind of wrong. I mean, why would God take pleasure in giving or watching his son experience that kind of pain. By worldly standards, we might think that someone like that needed some psychological help.
However, on some level, pain is good for us because it teaches us things to avoid as well as helping us learn to appreciate the opposite. If a kid skins his knee and gets up to try again, then he is learning endurance and perseverance and that pain can't conquer him. ... Note that this does not mean that we should intentionally cause our children pain. From God's perspective though, there is no other choice. For us, if we refrain from causing pain, the pain will happen anyway in one way or another. We don't need to add to it. But God, who is capable of stopping it and not allowing one person to feel any pain at all, on some level by not preventing it, is technically responsible for the bruising, not because he directly caused it to happen in that moment, but because he is the creator, and he caused EVERYTHING to happen... but he also takes our pain away through Christ's atonement, and that atonement is the bruising that pleases him. He is pleased that Christ suffered in order to save us all, because that was God's plan from the beginning, and it is working out perfectly. :)
Today, let's remember that bruising is an essential part of learning to navigate our lives. God doesn't want us to be in pain, but he also knows that some temporary pain in our lives is necessary. Let's look forward, as He does, to the day when there will be no more pain, and he will wipe away all of our tears (Revelation 21:14).
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