WHAT DID JESUS DO TODAY?

Holy Week or Passion Week. However you might refer to it this is in my opinion the greatest week of each year for the believer in Christ. I know from the general public's point of view Christmas gets far more attention than does Easter but for me there is no comparison. (See the article I penned for our March newsletter.)This is just a great time of year to be a christian!

As we live our lives this week do you ever wonder what Jesus was doing on that given day leading up to His crucifixion? The scriptures give us a lot of information and insight into His activities but they don't tell us everything. Do you ever wonder if He reflected on past events and cherished them once again in His mind and heart? Did He regret certain things? For instance did He regret the rich young ruler turning away from Him or the Pharisees failing to recognize Him as their Messiah? Do you ever wonder if He wished He could have had more time to spend with His mother or perhaps Peter and the other disciples? Perhaps He thought of the huge crowds of people he had ministerd to and wished He had another month or perhaps another year of ministry left in Him. There was so much more He could do!

Or do you ever wonder if instead of looking back in time He caught Himself over and over again loking into the future? Have you ever wondered if you yourself ever came to His mind? I mean is it possible that He may have said to Himself, " I must go to the Cross, Rob will need me."? It certainly is possible. As a matter of fact I think this latter scenario is probably more likely than the first scenario. He had to have felt He had finished all that the Father had given Him to do. His work was complete. All that was left to do was the things we read about during that final week. The greater work now existed in the Cross itself and all that lay on the other side of the Cross.

I have no way of knowing everything Jesus thought about on say Monday or Tuesday of that week but it is very possible He may have been thinking about you! As a matter of fact I believe there was little else on His mind at that point but all the countless millions of people who desperately needed Him to go to the Cross. I for one am so thankful He was obedient to the Father's master plan for your salvation and for mine. As a matter of fact He was the Father's ONLY PLAN!

Just something to think about.

Pastor Jordan