GOOD FRIDAY

Reading: Mark 10-:35-45

Focus: Mark 10:45

For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.

Reflection:

We sometimes refer to the Cross in such a casual manner.

During this time of Easter, we can reflect and appreciate the magnitude of what Jesus has done for us. We can have hope in God and his promises. For he who promised is faithful. The work on the Cross was complete and Jesus was miraculously resurrected. Jesus in his humanity must have struggled with his emotions knowing that his last days before this divine act would be difficult ones.

But in the Spirit, he yielded to the call on his life and the will of the Father.

With this divine act he displayed the ultimate measure of love by dying on the Cross for all of us. He held nothing back and he poured out his life as a sacrifice for others. Let us not forget the sacrifice and suffering he endured for all of us. His blood paid the price for our salvation. Our salvation is a priceless gift, more precious than all other gifts. Let us remember the precious Cross and what Jesus did for each one of us.

Also read Philippians 2:8; Isaiah 53:4-11

Prayer: Heavenly Father, thank you for sending your Son. We can never repay the love poured out by Jesus sacrificing himself, taking on the full weight of our rebellion, and paying for our debts on the cross. There is no other God who could save in this way. Receive our thanks, O Lord, and work in us, that we may be set free through understanding the full measure of what we have been saved from through the work of Jesus the Christ that was accomplished once and for all who trust in him.

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