Your Daily Devotional for January 17, 2008

 

January 17,  2008

 

 

Consider His Cross

Revival Readings for the New Year

by Dr. Paul Chappell

 

 

"The Jews answered him, We have a law, and by our law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God."

 

John 19:7

 

 

Christ was not forced to go to the Cross; He chose it. He was held to that rough wood, not by iron nails, but by His love for us. He was fulfilling prophecy of the Old Testament. Isaiah 53:4 says, "Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted." We see here the Cross' foretelling.

 

Just like it was God's will for Christ to bear the Cross, it is sometimes His plan for His children to bear a cross as well. First Peter 2:21 says, "For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps." When we are tempted to think God has placed us on a path that is rough and unforgiving, remember that His own Son was called a Man of sorrows. Never forget that you are to be following the Saviour—even if it means bearing a cross.

 

Most blessed, however, is the Cross' forgiving. The Cross is the point at which mercy and truth met; and forgiveness is made (Psalm 85:10). Although the Cross is a symbol of suffering and death, it is also a point of forgiveness and hope. The Cross holds the key to a new life in Christ.

 

Consider the forgiveness and healing power of the Cross. No matter what we have done, when we kneel at the Cross, God offers mercy and forgiveness.

 

 

Daily Bible Reading

Genesis 41-42 • Matthew 12:1-23

 

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