Lent Devotion | Day 33
Mark 15:33-34 (NLT)
At noon, darkness fell across the whole land until three o’clock. Then at three o’clock Jesus called out with a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?” which means “My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?”
Though the question Jesus cries out fulfills part of the prophecy about him in Psalm 22, his question is puzzling. Surely Jesus knew why he had to suffer and die! Many times, throughout the gospels, he spoke about his fate and why the Father sent him. Moreover, Jesus told us that he only spoke what the Father told him to speak. So why would God intend Jesus to ask this question which Jesus already knew the answer to?
These words, wailed amidst this scene of gruesome anguish etch in our minds the question, why? Jesus reserved some of his last breaths to ask this question because the answer is so important. Why would God allow Jesus to endure this suffering? Because God so loved you. He so loved all of creation that he made a way for us to be restored to him!
Invite the Holy Spirit to reveal the ways God’s restoration has been present in your life, and with a grateful heart, be reminded that you are a part of God’s redeeming story.
These words, wailed amidst this scene of gruesome anguish etch in our minds the question, why? Jesus reserved some of his last breaths to ask this question because the answer is so important. Why would God allow Jesus to endure this suffering? Because God so loved you. He so loved all of creation that he made a way for us to be restored to him!
Invite the Holy Spirit to reveal the ways God’s restoration has been present in your life, and with a grateful heart, be reminded that you are a part of God’s redeeming story.
