Isaiah 53:11 When He sees all that is accomplished by His anguish, He will be satisfied. And because of His experience, My righteous Servant will make it possible for many to be counted righteous, for He will bear all their sins.

Tis the season to be jolly. Well said for a believer of this scripture. Every day is a day of rejoicing for what Jesus accomplished in such a short span of time that He spent here in this world as a man. Can you just think for a minute what Jesus did and just exactly what He accomplished in a very short 33 years give or take a few months. He made it possible for you and me to be righteous when His word says there is not one righteous no not one(Rom 3:10). He took on Himself the sins of every man, woman and child who has or ever will come into this world. Imagine that! (Isaiah 53:12) I will give Him the honors of a victorious soldier, because He exposed Himself to death. He was counted among the rebels. He bore the sins of many and interceded for rebels. Isn't this awesome! Jesus was counted as a rebel but in the end hailed as a hero! Maybe not a hero to the religious people of that day or even in this day and time but none the less a hero because He bore the sins of many.

(Titus 3:4) But—"When God our Savior revealed His kindness and love, (5) He saved us, not because of the righteous things we had done, but because of His mercy. He washed away our sins, giving us a new birth and new life through the Holy Spirit. This is why religious people Don't see Jesus as a hero. They want their works to shine and people everywhere to see how good they are instead of realizing they are the greatest sinners of all by rejecting the work Christ accomplished for them. People that are religious in their efforts to please God only make themselves more miserable because they can never attain fellowship with God by their works.(1John1:2) This One who is life itself was revealed to us, and we have seen Him. And now we testify and proclaim to you that He is the One who is eternal life. He was with the Father, and then He was revealed to us. (3) We proclaim to you what we ourselves have actually seen and heard so that you may have fellowship with us. And our fellowship is with the Father and with His Son, Jesus Christ. (4) We are writing these things so that you may fully share our joy. You see so many people trying to have this kind of joy. The kind of joy that is not achieved by any work except the work that Jesus did on the cross. (Ephesians 1:14) The Spirit is God's guarantee that He will give us the inheritance He promised and that He has purchased us to be His own people. He did this so we would praise and glorify Him. When you purchase something it usually comes with a guarantee. The great thing about God is He pays for it and He guarantees it too! You can't buy an extended warranty and you have no deductible. But you have to keep up the maintenance on it. There is always a catch isn't there.

(1Peter 3:11) Turn away from evil and do good. Search for peace, and work to maintain it. When you buy a car it comes with a book on how to operate that car. Some of the new cars come with GPS, satellite radio, DVD players, electronic key less ignition, well you get the point. Modern cars have to be learned how to operated and if you are a computer geek you might be OK but normal people no way. If you want to do your own maintenance on your car, good luck! There are so many computers on board I would be afraid to touch it. But if you do there are books to tell you how, what, when and where to do it. All this is well and good with a car. Why do people think they can get away with not maintaining their relationship with the Lord? He gives you an instruction manual and tells you to read it. Why don't you? You will read Dr. Phil, Dr Laura, Dr. Jeckel and Mr. Hyde to work on problems in your marriage or with your kids but you won't open the Bible to see what it has to say and you won't get on your knees before God to see what He wants. Maintenance comes in the form of preventive maintenance, in which you fix it before it brakes, or you can wait and fix it, if it is repairable, after it brakes. Preventive maintenance is the best way to go with Christ. He gave you 66 books in the Bible to work out your salvation with and He really does expect you to do it. (Philippians 2:12) Dear friends, you always followed my instructions when I was with you. And now that I am away, it is even more important. Work hard to show the results of your salvation, obeying God with deep reverence and fear. (13) For God is working in you, giving you the desire and the power to do what pleases Him. God is working in you and things go a lot smoother when you cooperate with Him. Don't try to find joy in serving God your way. You will only find true joy in the Lord by listening to Him, trusting Him and obeying Him. God has ways of getting our attention and most of the time we don't really like them. (Psalm 37:3) Trust in the LORD and do good. Then you will live safely in the land and prosper. (4) Take delight in the LORD, and He will give you your heart's desires. (5) Commit everything you do to the LORD. Trust Him, and He will help you. Three words that will maintain joy in the LORD: Trust, Delight and commit. These three words applied to your life will give you joy day to day and year after year. It is a simple maintenance plan but you have to keep it up.