As most people know, today we celebrate Good Friday.
So where is the good in that?
Where is the good in the people, who merely a week
beforehand were chanting “Hosanna” (Lord save now) as Christ rode into Jerusalem,
turning one him and chanting “Crucify Him!” as Pontius Pilate asked what they
should have him do? Where is the good in those people asking to have Barabbas,
a dangerous criminal, released instead of Jesus? Where is the good in the
people who took and divided his garments?
Where is the good in this day?
I’ll tell you where
the good is.
The good comes in Jesus’ words “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do” (Luke
23:34). The good comes in Christ’s Words as He prayed to His Father, “Nevertheless, not my will, but yours be
done” (Luke 22:42). The good comes when Jesus uses His last breath on the
cross to speak to His Father.
This is truly Good
Friday.
The good comes in three days later, when Christ is raised
and appears to His followers.
Jesus knew what He was doing when He came to this earth. He
knew He was going to die and knew that He would be taking the sins of all
mankind onto His shoulders till the point where God the Father could no longer
look at His own Son. The good in Good Friday comes when Jesus died to forgive
our sins.
Today might be the day that Christ died, but today is so
much more than a death. Today is the precursor to resurrection Sunday; to the
day that saved the world.
Good Friday was a dark day in the aspects of what happened
to Christ and the suffering He endured, but He still went willing because He
loved us.
So I hope as you all go through your day today that you take
the time to think. It really is Good
Friday.
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