As Easter approaches I have been thinking about
JESUS
in a different light as I was thinking of
HIM as if HE were me.
What if I "drove" into town on a donkey
with everyone clapping and cheering me on
when I knew that I was
to be crucified
to be denied
to be mocked~
would I wave back and smile?
Oh no.
Not at all.
Number 1~
I would have never got on the donkey.
Number 2~
I would be screaming at everyone
begging them to see the light
and to stop the brutal murder I would soon be receiving.
Number 3~
I would look up to GOD and tell HIM that I do not deserve such
horrible treatment.
Number 4~
well there would be no number four
because
GOD would never have me go to Number 1
because
GOD didn't choose me to be JESUS.
GOD didn't choose me to go the CROSS for my sins.
GOD didn't choose me to have to always respond perfectly with GRACE,
even when GRACE is the last thing that others deserved
because
Number 1~
GOD chose JESUS to go in our place.
Number 2~
GOD chose JESUS to wear every one of our stinky sins on the CROSS.
Number 3~
GOD chose JESUS to be GRACE.
Number 4~
GOD chose you & I
to not be JESUS
but to have JESUS
do the impossible
to make it possible
for us never ever ever have to
ride into town on a donkey
on the way to our CROSS
even though it is
our CROSS~
because without the CROSS
there is no
"IT IS FINISHED" (John 19:30)
and where
would GRACE be
for
the undeserved
which is me.
Oh just WAIT and see
with
Great Anticipation
&
Great Expectation
that in
4 Days
JESUS did what
you or I or anyone else could ever do~
survive the CROSS
and RISE above.
But WAIT~
"IT IS FINISHED"
right now
forever and ever and ever
because
JESUS already rode into town on a donkey
and got on the CROSS
and got off the CROSS
Number 1~
"IT IS FINISHED"
Number 2~
"IT IS FINISHED"
Number 3~
"IT IS FINISHED"
Number 4~
"IT IS FINISHED" (listen to the song below)
What are you WAITING to be FINISHED before you START living?
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