HAVE WE FORGOTTEN

“And when they were come to the place, which is called Calvary, there they crucified him, and the malefactors, one on the right hand, and the other on the left.”

Luke 23:33 KJV

Jennie E. Hussey wrote the hymn “Lead Me to Calvary”.  “Lest I forget Gethsemane, Lest I forget Thine agony; Lest I forget Thy love for me, Lead me to Calvary.”  Have we forgotten how much Jesus loves us?  Sometimes we act like we have forgotten the agony and torture Jesus endured for us when He was crucified.

There are times when we need to remember the sacrifice, the agony, the torture, the heartache and all that Jesus endured for us when He allowed them to crucify Him.  Have you allowed it to go from head knowledge to heart knowledge how much Jesus loves you?  He loves you so much He died for you.

We read in the Bible.  “Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again.  No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father” (John 10:17,18).

Think about it!  They spit on our precious Saviour.  They pounded nails in His hands and every time they pounded a nail into His hand, He felt that pain in His heart.  I believe that Jesus died of a broken heart.  His Father had to turn away from Him because He had taken our sins on Him and Jesus was alone.

Heavenly Father, how it must have hurt You to have to turn away from Your Son as He was dying.  I believe that not only was Your Son’s heart broken when He was crucified, I believe Your heart was also broken.  In Jesus’ Name, I pray.  Amen.

Joanne Lowe

June 16, 2018