Evil, Justice, Love, and Forgiveness converged on a hill called Calvary! The hill of Calvary is at the very center point of the Gospel. All the suffering of the world converged there in that single act of sacrifice when the One who was without sin took the penalty of sin and accepted the ultimate in suffering—separation from His Father—so that we might be brought to Him. That is the power of the cross! It was the lowest point of the incarnate Christ; He was separated from the Father while still in the center of the Father’s will. There the threads converged in a pattern that seemed so disparate from the world’s point of view, yet they were the crimson threads of our restoration to God. This was Jesus’ ultimate purpose: “For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many” (Mark 10:45). Christ was the One who defines good and evil, justice and forgiveness, and who went to the cross to deal with it? Is that not the only way we can understand and cope with our own suffering? When you see the Son of God and he explains Calvary to you, you will understand it like you’ve never understood it before. You’ll hear it in his voice; you’ll see it in his body. He is the One who cried, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” Yet again, at the very moment Jesus uttered that prayer, he was at the center of his Father’s will. We must see our world of pain through the eyes of Jesus, who best understands it not merely as pain but as brokenness and separation. In the solitude of reflection, the heart and the mind come together to think of the cross. The hymnwriter said it well: I sometimes think about the cross, And shut my eyes and try to see, The cruel nails and crown of thorns, And Jesus crucified for me. But even could I see him die, I could but see a little part, Of that great love, which, like a fire, Is always burning in his heart. youtube/watch?v=TqIB9sSO_W8
Posted on: Tue, 16 Sep 2014 14:09:11 +0000
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