Today in this Holy week I wish you to contemplate the CROSS ......for you see not only do we see the Father heart of God , the unwavering passion of Christ , and the power of love , we also see ourselves for who we really are . It is disturbing , challenging , humbling and unavoidable ! I guess we can pretend that we don't really see but the love of JESUS will continue to confront us daily with his desire for our lives.
Think about the others around the cross on that awesome , terrible, wonderful day :Judas ,for whom money was more important than any relationship ( including his own with God ). Sadly this man perhaps thought he could manipulate Jesus into supporting his own theology>
Pilate : this puppet of Rome & the people preferred pseudo peace to doing what was RIGHT !Justifying himself with the mind set 'it is better for one man to die, someone's head must roll ; if not that of Jesus it will be his own .
The crowd : in it's mindless thirst for blood.
The soldiers : in their casual brutality.
The disciples : who ran away .
And of course there is you & I .......how will we respond ? How do we respond ?
A prayer : LORD JESUS WE ARE ALL THERE , WE ARE ALL PART OF THE DRAMA...THERE IS A PART IN ALL OF US WHICH STILL SAYS THAT THE SAFEST RESPONSE TO THE SURPRISING GOD IS TO KILL HIM WHILST WE HAVE A CHANCE; ANYTHING TO GET HIM OUT OF OUR LIVES , TO MAKE HIM LEAVE US ALONE, TO BE RID OF HIM SO WE CAN HAVE THE SECURITY OF OUR PREFERRED POLITICS , OUR COSY RELIGION, OUR NATURAL INTERESTS,, OUR NON-THREATNING DISCIPLESHIP THAT DOESN'T MAKE ANY WAVES ANYWHERE .
DELIVER US JESUS FROM OURSELVES THIS EASTER!
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