This soulful Messiah song transcends time, offering a timeless message of hope and redemption.  Inspired by Isaiah 53, the lyrics capture the powerful prophecy of the Messiah, Jesus Christ, who carries our burdens.  The heartfelt blues melody creates a space for reflection on faith, sacrifice, and the promise of a brighter future.  Let this song be a source of strength and inspiration throughout the year. 

 Messiah -   Lyrics:

(Verse )

In a time long ago, a whisper on the breeze

A prophet's voice, through rustling leaves

He spoke of a burden, a sacrifice to bear

A suffering servant, a weight beyond compare

(Verse 2)

Who has believed the message we proclaim? 

The Lord's majestic arm, who could ever tame? 

(Chorus)

He grew up like a tender shoot, a root in parched ground 

No beauty to draw us, no majesty to be found 

Despised and rejected, a man of sorrows and pain 

We turned away from his suffering, in the pouring rain 

(Verse 3)

Yet surely our griefs, he himself did bear 

Our sorrows he carried, a burden to share 

We thought him stricken, by God's angry hand 

But pierced for our transgressions, on that promised land

(Chorus)

He grew up like a tender shoot, a root in parched ground 

No beauty to draw us, no majesty to be found 

Despised and rejected, a man of sorrows and pain 

We turned away from his suffering, in the pouring rain 

(Bridge)

By his wounds we are healed, the price for our sin 

The chastisement for our peace, on him placed within 

(Chorus)

He grew up like a tender shoot, a root in parched ground 

No beauty to draw us, no majesty to be found 

Despised and rejected, a man of sorrows and pain 

We turned away from his suffering, in the pouring rain 

(Outro)

But the Lord was pleased to crush him, in grief to make him whole 

For he poured out his life, to redeem our soul 

Isaiah  

53:1

Who would have had faith in the word which has come to our ears, and to whom had the arm of the Lord been unveiled?

53:2

For his growth was like that of a delicate plant before him, and like a root out of a dry place: he had no grace of form, to give us pleasure;

53:3

Men made sport of him, turning away from him; he was a man of sorrows, marked by disease; and like one from whom men's faces are turned away, he was looked down on, and we put no value on him.

53:4

But it was our pain he took, and our diseases were put on him: while to us he seemed as one diseased, on whom God's punishment had come.

53:5

But it was for our sins he was wounded, and for our evil doings he was crushed: he took the punishment by which we have peace, and by his wounds we are made well.

53:6

We all went wandering like sheep; going every one of us after his desire; and the Lord put on him the punishment of us all.

53:7

Men were cruel to him, but he was gentle and quiet; as a lamb taken to its death, and as a sheep before those who take her wool makes no sound, so he said not a word.

53:8

They took away from him help and right, and who gave a thought to his fate? for he was cut off from the land of the living: he came to his death for the sin of my people.

53:9

And they put his body into the earth with sinners, and his last resting-place was with the evil-doers, though he had done no wrong, and no deceit was in his mouth.

53:10

And the Lord was pleased ... see a seed, long life, ... will do well in his hand. ...

53:11

... made clear his righteousness before men ... had taken their sins on himself.

53:12

For this cause he will have a heritage with the great, and he will have a part in the goods of war with the strong, because he gave up his life, and was numbered with the evil-doers; taking on himself the sins of the people, and making prayer for the wrongdoers.