Easter is a great time of reflection as we look to what Christ sacrificed on our behalf.
At the most recent Gathering breakfast with Jeff Struecker of Black Hawk Down fame, Jeff made mention of a devotion that struck him so deeply it altered how he approached a very difficult and life threatening situation.
He was faced with going back into an ambush situation and was struggling with not wanting to do it when he was reminded of Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane. It was there that Jesus said basically, "not My will but Yours, God." Taking Jesus example to heart helped Jeff see his situation in a completely different light.
Let me help make this very personal to each of us. When Jesus made this statement in the Garden, He was making a choice... literally he was choosing FOR you and me. He was choosing to do what God asked Him to do. He was choosing to suffer and die for you and me. He was choosing to die so that we would live.
His choice had eternal consequences. He chose then for you and me now and for the future. He was looking forward to what His actions then would accomplish today.
So, let us ask ourselves this question... "Are we living our lives today with a view to what His sacrifice secured for us... eternal life?" We live for a limited time on this earth and then, as ones who have trusted Christ, we live in eternity with Him. How long is eternity? Eternal! So why don’t we begin to view our lives from heaven backwards. In other words, reverse engineer our lives from an eternal perspective. Jesus did that for us when He chose us 2000 years ago in the Garden.
As the old saying goes, “Only one life, twill soon be past; only what’s done for Christ will last." This Easter let’s look at choosing FOR Him because He chose FOR us.
Have a blessed Easter
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