The Price Is Paid!

And at the ninth hour Jesus cried out in a loud voice, "Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?"--which means, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" Mark 15:34 (NIV)

Have you ever seen a little child who gets separated in a store from his or her parents and become panicky. Maybe you have been that child. An emptiness fills you and is replaced by fear, even terror. In addition to the physical pain of the cross, in addition to the mental and emotional anguish of bearing the penalty of your sins and mine, Jesus is forsaken and deserted not only by His followers, His disciples, but by His Heavenly Father—true, pure HELL.

Jesus is forsaken in order that you and might never be forsaken. I can hear the torment in His scream: "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" Jesus is forsaken by His Father in order that you and I might be remembered.

Jesus, thank You for Your love. Thank You for taking my place on the cross. May I never forget or minimize what You went through for me and for all.

Philippians 2:6-8 (NIV)

Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped, but made himself nothing, taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness. And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself and became obedient to death—even death on a cross!