Light is sown like seed for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart. Psalm 97:11
Friday, July 25, 2025
The Wounds of my Lord Jesus
The Wounds of my Lord Jesus
Personal Reflection
Written and published by Jean´Louis Mondon
The
Greatest Commandment
…36“Teacher, which commandment is
the greatest in the Law?” 37 Jesus
declared, “‘Love
the Lord your
God with
all your
heart and
with all
your soul
and with
all your
mind and all your strength.’ 38This is
the first and greatest commandment.… Matthew 22:37
It is impossible to love the Lord our God without the supreme act of the divine surrender and sacrifice of the Lord Jesus on the cross.
Can we find a vivid illustrative lesson on the wounds of our Lord and their being the means of our freedom and our ability to love God in return as an act of worship? I think we can.
Can we apply the wounds of Jesus to the different parts of his body as silent albeit powerful witnesses visible to demonstrate to the whole world what kind of love it is.
Again, we can, why?
For
God So Loved the World
Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up,
that everyone who believes in Him may have
eternal life. 16For
God so
loved the
world that
He gave His
one and only Son,
that everyone
who believes
in Him
shall not perish but
have eternal
life. For God did
not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the
world through Him. John 3:16
Let us examine the wounds and their significance as symbols to meditate and reflect on the love and worship due to God the Father and His beloved son Lord Jesus.
First, the “Head wounds”
would represent the seat of the mind and the thinking, volition and emotional processes in man and woman used to love our God and our fellow man.
What better companion than this excerpt from my favorite hymn:
“O
Sacred Head Now Wounded”, with
grief and shame weighed down, Now scornfully surrounded, with thorns
thine only crown. …. What
language shall I borrow, to thank thee, dearest Friend, for this, thy
dying sorrow, thy pity without end? Oh, make me thine forever And
should I fainting be
Lord, let me never, never outlive my love to
thee.”
The wounds on his back from being scourged with lashings from the whip as a form of punishment although he committed no sin.
Blessed be the Lord, who daily bears our burden, the God of our salvation. Selah Our God is a God of deliverance; the Lord GOD is our rescuer from …death.…Psalm 68:19
As The Suffering Servant, surely He took on our infirmities and carried our sorrows; yet we considered Him stricken by God, struck down and afflicted. 5But He was pierced for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon Him, and by His stripes we are healed. 6We all like sheep have gone astray, each one has turned to his own way; and the LORD has laid upon Him the iniquity of us all.…Isaiah 53:5
Then, the wounds on the wrists representing strength in action to perform good works in all areas of life to help, the poor and needy, the handicapped and the elderly and those who suffer persecution and injustice. The list is too long to mention everything that God has made us adequate with his gifting and instructions given to us in his Word.
And feet, with which we walk to where the Lord leads us, guided by the Holy Spirit and His Word that is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path. Psalm 119:105.
Lastly, the Wound to the Side
It
represents Jesus broken heart in His Lament
over Jerusalem
…Nevertheless, I must keep going today and
tomorrow and the next day, for it is not admissible for a prophet to
perish outside of Jerusalem. O
Jerusalem, Jerusalem,
who kills
the prophets
and stones
those sent
to her,
how often I
have longed to
gather your
children together
as a
hen gathers her
chicks under
her wings, but
you were unwilling!
Luke 13:34
How is to possible, then, to love the Lord our God?
Since Love is a fruit, how does this fruit that encompasses 9 fruits of the Spirit?
By staying connected to the vine. In John 15, Jesus declares: I am the vine and you are the branches. The one who remains in Me, and I in him, will bear much fruit. For apart from Me you can do nothing.... If you remain in Me and My words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. This is to My Father’s glory, that you bear much fruit, proving yourselves to be My disciples. ...You are My friends if you do what I command you. No longer do I call you servants, for a servant does not understand what his master is doing. But I have called you friends, because everything I have learned from My Father I have made known to you. You did not choose Me, but I chose you. And I appointed you to go and bear fruit—fruit that will remain—so that whatever you ask the Father in My name, He will give you. This is My command to you: Love one another.
In conclusion
This is exactly what the Lord Jesus did by dying on the cross to free us to obey the command to love Him with all our heart, our soul, our mind and our strength. And remember:
Love
Comes from God
…18There
is no fear in love, but perfect love drives out fear, because fear
involves punishment. The one who fears has not been perfected in
love. 19We love
because He
first loved
us. 1 John 4:19
If you want to read more about the importance of the love of Jesus and the Word of God click on this link: https://thelightseed.blogspot.com/2017/10/mp3-audio-file-of-wounds-of-my-friend.html
Jean- Louis