The story of your passion and death has been with us for many centuries. Still, it is difficult, Lord, to truly comprehend the awesome tragedy of that event. How can we really grasp the meaning of it all?
The Promised One, the Messiah, He who was to redeem mankind, was rejected by the people He came to save. The One who came to give all of us life to the fullest was deprived of His. Perhaps, Lord, we wonder why the people of that age could not recognize who You really were. How could they not perceive the signs? Then again, perhaps we don't recognize who You really are today either. We often deny Your presence simply because we can't physically see You. And surely, evil could not be any greater then, than it is now.
But the sequence of it all, Lord. It was not enough to condemn You or reject You, or even take Your life. You had to also be subjected to ridicule, scorn, torture, scourging. They had to make a mockery of Your kingship by pounding a crown of thorns into Your head.
Could it have been that pleasurable for the people to watch You drag the instrument of Your death to the place of crucifixion? What human need was fulfilled witnessing You stumbling, falling, scourged, as you labored to carry a heavy cross past crowds of jeering people? Were some of them the same people you had earlier taught? Or healed?
How can someone truly grasp the agony of crucifixion? The hours of pain? Jesus, can You please help me to understand the reality of Your suffering and death as an act of redemption for me, and for all mankind? Can You please help me to understand the power of Your act of forgiveness from your cross? True God and True Man! But the True Man suffered true human pain and death - for His people!
From: An Hour With Jesus
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