Scripture says that the number of Gods years is unsearchable (Job. 36:26). We may search out the moment the first wave slapped on a shore or the first star burst in the sky, but well never find the first moment when God was God, for there is no moment when God was not God. He has never not been, for he is eternal. God is not bound by time. But when Jesus came to the earth, all this changed. He heard for the first time a phrase never used in heaven: Your time is up. As a child, he had to leave the temple because his time was up. As a man, he had to leave Nazareth because his time was up. And as a Savior, he had to die because his time was up. For thirty-three years, the stallion of heaven lived in the corral of time. When God entered time and became a man, he who was boundless became bound. Imprisoned in flesh. Restricted by weary-prone muscles and eyelids. For more than three decades, his once limitless reach would be limited to stretch of an arm, his speed checked to the pace of human feet. Do you ever wonder, as I do, was he ever tempted to reclaim his boundlessness? In the middle of a long trip, did he ever consider transporting himself to the next city? When the rain chilled his bones, was he tempted to change the weather? When the heat parched his lips, did he give thought to popping over the Caribbean for some refreshment? If ever he entertained such thoughts, he never gave in to them. Not once. Stop and think about this. Not once did Christ use his supernatural powers for personal comfort. With one word he couldve transformed the hard earth into a soft bed, but he didnt. With a wave of his hand, he couldve boomeranged the spit of his accusers back into their faces but he didnt. With an arch of his brow, he couldve paralyzed the hand of the soldier as he braided the crown of thorns. But he didnt . HE WAS BEATEN DOWN AND PUNISHED, BUT HE DIDNT OPENED NOT HIS MOUTH; HE WAS LED AS A LAMB TO THE SLAUGHTER , AND AS A SHEEP BEFORE ITS SHEARERS IS SILENT, SO HE OPENED NOT HIS MOUTH. HE WAS TAKEN FROM PRISON AND FROM JUDGMENT, AND WHO WILL DECLARE HIS GENERATION? FOR HE WAS CUT OFF FROM THE LAND OF THE LIVING: FOR TGE TRANSGRESSION OF MY PEOPLE HE WAS STRICKEN. (Isaiah. 53:7-8).
Posted on: Sat, 19 Apr 2014 16:53:29 +0000
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