Week 6: Seeing with God’s Eyes

Focus: Learning to see the world as God does and living in hope, renewal, and restoration.

Connect: Have you ever experienced a loss so deep or a burden so heavy that it felt like there was no way forward? Maybe it was grief that lingered too long or pain that seemed too sharp to carry. How did you handle the weight of that moment?

Engage: Good Friday is a day to pause and feel the full weight of Jesus’ death. Isaiah 53:4-5 describes Him as the suffering servant who carried our griefs and sorrows, taking on the punishment we deserved. This wasn’t just physical pain—it was the crushing weight of sin, rejection, and separation from God.

Think about this: every burden you’ve ever carried, every moment of pain or grief, every sin and failure—Jesus bore it all. He didn’t shy away from the suffering; He embraced it fully, out of love for you. The cross wasn’t just a symbol of love; it was also a place of unimaginable suffering and death.

Before we rush to the hope of resurrection, we must sit in the reality of the cost. Jesus died to bring healing and peace, but that peace came through His wounds, and that healing came through His death. The weight of our salvation rested on His shoulders, and He carried it willingly.

Apply: Take some time today to sit with the gravity of what Jesus endured on the cross. Reflect on the immense love that held Him there and the pain He bore for you. If you’re carrying your own grief, pain, or sorrow, bring it to Him in prayer.

Let yourself feel the weight of your burdens—but don’t stop there. Picture placing those burdens at the foot of the cross. Linger in the stillness, thank Him for bearing them, and rest in the peace He offers through His sacrifice.