God’s Divine Pleasure

 

 

In burnt offerings and sacrifices

God had no pleasure

But it pleased Him to bruise the one

He inestimably treasured.

 

Burnt offerings and sacrifices

Were required by the law

But in no way were these perfect

Rather, they were flawed.

 

God’s divine pleasure

Was demonstrated in His Son

And whose once and for all sacrifice

Was for everyone.

 

“Father, prepare me a body

That I may die for lost mankind”

Is not in the Holy Scriptures;

This you will never find.

 

“Sacrifice and offering

Thou wouldst not

But a body hast thou prepared me.”

Hebrews 10:5 is the spot.

 

In the death of His only Son

God has derived divine pleasure

And the sacrifice contained therein

Is beyond human measure.

 

 

Yet it pleased the LORD

To bruise him

And in this sacrificing of himself,

He became an offering for sin.

 

What a way to find pleasure!

In a way none of us would so do,

Not my precious son or daughter

And neither would you.

 

But it surely pleased God

As the Bible clearly points out

And that’s why Jesus is the only way

And this is without doubt.

 

And it surely pleases God

When we believe on Jesus Christ,

The Son in whom the Father delights

Is our atoning sacrifice.

 

God’s pleasure in His Son

Is to His children extended

And so, it is God’s divine pleasure

To save all that have repented.

 

 

Not one of them will He lose

That comes to Him by faith,

And who in His begotten Son believes

And takes hold of saving grace.

 

God was pleased to bruise him,

Jesus Christ His Son

That the “whosoever will” can be

Children of His kingdom.

  

Stewart Russell © December 5, 2023