Joshua 5: 13-15, Joshua 6-7, Luke 22: 39-62, Psalm 66: 1-12
Luke 22: 43 (ESV)
“And there appeared to him an angel from heaven,
strengthening him.”
After reading bible commentaries for today’s verses, I found
verse 43 from Luke 22 to be the most poignant. Jesus was praying to God and
saying “Father, if you are willing, remove this cup from me. Nevertheless, not
my will, but yours, be done.” God’s answer to Christ was to send an angel to
strengthen him. Sometimes when we pray to God to lift a burden from our lives,
what we get instead is the feeling of being strengthened by God so we can go
through the burden and experience it. I know what this feels like, and it
seemed to me very cruel at the time. But when the experience of the burden was
completed, I realized it was for my own good and it strengthened me instead of
weakening me. God was right as always, and in my agony, I doubted his intentions
for my life. But as the years go by, I’ve come to believe that God always has
my best interests in mind and will always act in a way that always benefits me.
Christ knew this. He never doubted his father’s love for
him. Christ took the burden of the cross for us because he loved us, because it
was his father’s will for him. And if it wasn’t for Christ’s love for us, we
would be paying the price for our own sins.
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