Six Hours One Friday
September 30, 2007 · Print This Article
“He really was the Son of God!”
Matthew 27:54
To the casual observer the six hours are mundane…
God is on a cross. The creator of the universe is being executed.
Spit and blood are caked on his cheeks, and his lips are cracked and swollen. Thorns rip his scalp. His lungs scream with pain. His legs knot with cramps. Taut nerves threaten to snap as pain twangs her morbid melody. Yet, death is not ready. And there is no one to save him, for he is sacrificing himself.
It is no normal six hours…it is no normal Friday.
Let me ask you a question: What do you do with this day in history? What do you do with its claims?
If it really happened…if God did commandeer his own crucifixion…if he did turn his back on his own son…those six hours were no normal six hours. They were the most critical hours is history.
1 of 365 devotionals in Grace for the Moment, Volume 2
Originally printed in Six Hours One Friday
Mirrored:
I have nothing but gratitude to Jesus’ sacrifice. He was not obliged to do so. He did it out of love. It is not easy to leave one’s comfort, much more one’s riches and power. Yet he did precisely that in order to redeem the world without any assurance of them following and accepting him.
There are still a number who fails to see, a number who fails to recognize. But the truth will remain irregardless of one’s denial. Anyway, he whom God chooses will never fail to see.
Have a blessed Sunday to all.
a great post Ronnie….
I think of the ultimate sacrifices made on this day and I am very thankful……
And it was the most powerful but also the greatest event in human history. He lived like no other man ever lived and He died like no other.
Thanks for this, Ron. Have a pleasant Sunday.
I have the impression that God regularly turns his back to the plight of his children…
I’d been through hell during my past divorce seven years ago. I almost lost everything including my 2 children. I
was so devastated I thought I was going to die with my fading hope. But God never let me down…
LAKETREES and K,
thanks for dropping by. i hope you two had a great sunday as well.
SIDNEY,
if He turns his back from us maybe He just wants us to learn something from our mistakes. but i guess the question is who turned his back from whom? all things will work together for the good of those who love God.
have a great new week! ^_^
BENG,
woo! that was no easy thing you went through. thanks be to God that you have managed to overcome. i guess you are now a stronger person for that.
have a great week!