Listen, LORD, as I pray! Pay attention when I groan (Psalm 5:1, CEV).
Glory Behind the Cross – photo courtesy of Donald Adam
Reflection
This week’s I Love the Psalms theme is prayer.
There is glory on the other side of the cross. Today’s photo illustrates that truth beautifully. The light of God shines beyond the pain and suffering of the cross.
Today is Good Friday, the day when Jesus hands and feet were pierced. Today through agony and blood, Jesus purchased my redemption. He groaned under the weight of the sins of the world. The psalmist expresses it this way:
Listen, LORD, as I pray! Pay attention when I groan (Psalm 5:1, CEV).
We should never gloss over or rush by the horror of the cross. The cross carries the cost of our sins. There we see a full accounting for the horror of our sins. We ought to consider well the price of our blood-spattered redemption.
But glory be to God! Beyond the cross—on the other side—shines Jesus’ resurrection.
Response: LORD God, help me see your love for me through the suffering of Jesus. You suffered to bring me eternal joy. I bow my head in thanks. Amen.
Your Turn: How can there be glory in the cross—an instrument of death?
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Thanks, Vincent. Here’s wishing you a Good Redemption Friday!
You’re very welcome David and likewise my friend!
“Your Turn: How can there be glory in the cross—an instrument of death?”
Thank God for Jesus, because when He died, I died… and when He rose (hallelujah, death did not & could not defeat Him) I rose as a new and glorious creation.
I am no longer a slave to sin. I am a slave to His righteousness. What a tremendous privilege, honor and blessing!
Agreed. Jesus turns the ugly to beautiful. He turns water to wine. He turns death to new life. Hallelujah!
Preach it, brother!
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God Bless you Dawn & Happy Easter!
Thanks David. Truly we must NEVER rush by the horror of the cross simply because we are in a hurry to get to the Good News on the other side. The Good News is that Christ Jesus took the time to willingly lay down His life, to die a wretched death, and then the Resurrection. No shortcuts to glory, brother …. no shortcuts for Him nor for us.
Well said, Michael. We need to fully appreciate the price that was paid for our redemption.
Amen!
If God can bring good out of the Cross, He can bring good out of ANYTHING!!
Even my groans…