It's Not Just Another Friday

In honor of Good Friday, I ask that we all take a minute to reflect on the importance of this day. In addition to thinking about all Christ went through to save us, I ask that you also think about everything He gave up when he entered this world as a baby. Here are just a few that the girls in my small group came up with:

• Jesus gave up sitting on the right hand of His father.
  
• Jesus gave up living in perfection. He is pure and without sin, but when he came to earth, he was thrown into a society ruled by hate, deceit, and immorality. I can only imagine how a blameless man would feel when entwined in a sinful place.
  
• Jesus gave up control for a time. Yes, He has the angles at His beck and call, and yes, He has the power to do miracles. However, for all of His child and adolescent life, he had no authority. He was helpless in the since that He depended on his earthly parents for provide for him.

Jesus Christ gave up all of these things, to walk the earth for 33 years and to be tortured, beaten, mocked, and crucified… for US. He didn’t have to do that; He choose to. He loved us that much. The Lord rescued us from an evil death and adopted us into His family. “Now if we are children, then we are heirs—heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory” Romans 8:17.

 

I challenge you to always remember this act of love and to stand in awe of the Almighty God who saved us from our sins.