good will hunting?

various thoughts while sitting in Isaiah 53 on this Good Friday...

• Jesus was intimately familiar with the Scriptures... i can't help but think that Isaiah 53:10 was on His mind as He prayed in the garden "yet not what I will, but what You will" - "it was the will of the LORD to crush him; He has put him to grief; when his soul makes an offering for sin, he shall see his offspring; he shall prolong his days; the will of the LORD shall prosper in his hands."
• the incredible contrasts of crushing/prospering, anguish/satisfaction in verses 10-11 - this interplay ties in well with Hebrews 12:2 "who for the joy set before Him, endured the cross, scorning its shame"
• the repeated explanation of the "why": "for our transgressions," "for our iniquities," "the LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all," "stricken for the transgression of my people," "an offering for sin," "make many to be accounted righteous," "he shall bear their iniquities," "he bore the sin of many," "makes intercession for the transgressors"
• my mind is drawn to the Ethiopian eunuch sitting in his chariot, reading these same words when the Holy Spirit sends Philip to the Gaza road - "do you understand what you are reading?" "how can I, unless someone guides me?... about whom, I ask you, does the prophet say this, about himself or someone else?" "then Philip opened his mouth and beginning with this Scripture he told him the good news about Jesus." - am i prepared to share like Philip? am i praying/looking for eunuchs? God, use me!