Jesu Juva!
Hebrew 12:28-29 Therefore let us be grateful for receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, and thus let us offer to God acceptable worship, with reverence and awe, 29 for our God is a consuming fire. ESV1
Jesus has been crucified. Friday, arguably the longest day in the life of everyone who loved Jesus, is over. Saturday morning is silent and sad. The Pharisees have had a pretty long week, too. But they were busy on this Saturday morning. They were busy doing everything they could to discredit Jesus, even in death. You would think they would be satisfied in their apparent victory. Catch up with them in Matthew 27:68-69. They were fighting hard against something they called a lie. Saturday was not just another day for them.
Do you believe that Saturday was an insignificant day? If you wholly believe in the Easter story, then Saturday was filled with meaning. The disciples and all of the other believers were wrestling with what they had seen. Some were wrestling with what they had believed. But I can’t help but wonder if anyone that Jesus healed, any life that He changed, was holding fast to a steady, unshakeable belief that Jesus was indeed Messiah, Son of God. Maybe the woman at the well still believed as strongly as ever. Maybe the once blind Bartimaeus still trusted the Messiah. Could he have seen the Savior on the cross?
Saturday was the beginning of the timeless question. It was the question that Pilate asked of the ravenous crowd. “What would you have me do with Jesus?” Matthew 27:22
“Crucify him!”
Today is no less significant for you and me. Making last minute purchases for already brimming Easter baskets? One more pretty accessory to complete our Easter look? Is there enough food for our great Easter feast?
No. None of those peripheral activities are significant. None of those activities will answer the unavoidable question. What will you do with Jesus? None of us can escape without answering that question.
Has life been so hard that your once rock-solid faith is shaken?
Or is your Rock-Solid faith still unshakeable in spite of life’s storms?
Jesus is Lord. Jesus is who He said He is. The King of the Unshakeable Kingdom of God. The God of all creation, never once lost control of His plan. He never withdrew His promise of love for all mankind, even while watching His precious Son make His way to brutal Calvary.
Jesus never took His eyes off the cross. Not once, in thirty-three years, did the Savior veer from His commitment to obey His Father. Really, from the beginning of time our Savior embraced His sacrifice.
Today, Saturday March 29, 2024, is significant. Don’t let that thought get lost in the chaos of preparation. Today, is the significant day because it may be the only day that many have left to choose to accept God’s kind offer of salvation through repentance and faith.
This moment is the significant moment. You have this moment to answer the question.
6 As God’s partners,[a] we beg you not to accept this marvelous gift of God’s kindness and then ignore it. 2 For God says, “At just the right time, I heard you. On the day of salvation, I helped you.”[b] Indeed, the “right time” is now. Today is the day of salvation.
Hebrews 12:1-3 Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, 2 fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. For the joy set before him he endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. 3 Consider him who endured such opposition from sinners, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.3
Soli Deo Gloria!
Getting the Seed out of the basket and into hungry hearts. Matthew 13 