The suffering servant, foretoldIsaiah 53:1-12Length: Standard

1 Eat

Read the passage slowly, read it again, then retell it in your own words. If you can't retell it, read it once more.

• Read
• Reread
• Retell

2 Digest

Answer from what the passage actually says — stay in the text.

1. What does this passage show me about God?

   • What happens to the servant in this song, and for whose sins does he suffer?

2. What does it show me about people — and about myself?

   • What does it stir in you that he was wounded for your wrongdoing?

3. What will I obey this week? (a concrete step, with a day)

   • How will you respond this week to the one who carried your sin?

4. Who will I tell?

   • Who could you show this ancient promise, written centuries before Jesus?

3 Grow

Growth is God's part, not yours. Do the cycle faithfully and trust Him to give the growth (1 Corinthians 3:6–7).