Matthew 25-28
Today’s reading of Matthew 25-28 includes Jesus’ death and resurrection. As I looked it over, I thought about the movie, The Passion of the Christ, which so graphically portrayed those events.
Because I know Jesus and have experienced his love, it was especially painful to watch the movie and see Christ, of all people, treated so violently and with such hatred. I didn’t want to keep watching. How could this happen? Couldn’t it have been prevented?
Have you ever wondered why Jesus didn’t defend himself when he was falsely accused and why he didn’t show his power when he was mocked?
Over the years I’ve come to realize that Jesus had to die on that cross. It was a major reason He came. He knew his mission and so he did not try to prevent it.
God became human and then gave himself for each of us by dying on a cross to pay the penalty for our turning our backs on him.
Now that is love. He created us to be in relationship with him and we rejected him. So, does he send lightning bolts? (I would!) No! He sends a way back to him. That doesn’t make sense to our human minds.
He loves us so much that he allowed them to mistreat him.
And isn’t that just like God to bring victory out of something that looks like disaster. When we read the Bible, there are many instances of God bringing good out of seemingly bad situations: people freed from demons, the lame are able to walk, tax collectors return money and on and on it goes.
God lets things look bad but we can trust that he is at work, bringing hope and victory to everything that we give him.
Sue
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