“They will mock Him and spit on Him, and scourge Him and kill Him, and three days later He will rise again” (Mark (10:34).
The world is still trying to do this. Jesus is mocked and scourged in public forums. Everywhere the attempt is made to kill Jesus again, but He keeps rising. It is not the idea of Jesus, but the reality of God showing up and walking with us that introduces us to reality. God created all of what you see, hear, smell, feel, and comprehend. He even invented your ability to do this. Will you see the God who loves you?
Lord God, Creator of all things, You made me. You made me to be who I am and placed me in the circumstances in which I find myself. I can live trying to deny You, or else fall at Your feet and worship You. Lead me in the way of real life. Help me to see the reality of this age which does not just try to kill You, but it seeks to kill me as well. You come giving life. Help me to live the life You give.
Lord Jesus, You did all of this for the sake of everyone who would walk in the life you give. I may not know all that this means, but I have come to the place where I understand that Your word is the word of life. Help me to walk through all that may come my way knowing that in You alone is there hope and life. Lead me while I die to sin, death, and the devil in order to be raised into the life which You give. Amen.
