"The Son is the radiance of God's glory and the exact representation of his being, sustaining all things by his powerful word. After he had provided purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in heaven."
Hebrews 1:3
After a hard day's work, doesn't is feel good to plunk down on the sofa, knowing you've earned your keep?
What if Jesus had not followed through with the cross? Many times, when the Jews tried to sieze him, he escaped from their grasp. He could have done so in Gethsemane. Or what if he'd succumbed to Satan's temptations in the desert? Hot, hungry and tired, it would have been so easy to buckle, grasping the worldly trophy and forgetting the Plan of the Father.
But where would any of us be had he done so? He was and is the only bridge to salvation. Our hopes are pinned on him. Unable to throw off the chains that bind, we are like scattered sheep, helpless and hapless.
Thank you, Jesus, for seeing the bigger picture, for becoming sin for us, for tolerating mockery and pain and God-forsaken loneliness. Plunk down on your throne with a beaming smile and a sigh of relief! You've done what no one else could have, no one else was qualified to do, and because you followed through, so can we. We can follow you to resurrection on the Last Day, to eternity on streets of gold. I can hardly wait to see you in all your radiance, to wet your pierced feet with my tears of gratitude and to wipe them clean with my hair.
I worship you, King Jesus.
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