I pray your resurrection Sunday has been full of joy and reflection! To know that my Savior dies a brutal death, all for my sins and to win me and my family to His Kingdom is something that brings tears to my eyes.
Today, we read through the crucifixion, burial, and resurrection of Jesus, as a family. This one point stood out most to me:
“He yielded (gave up) the ghost”
It’s in all of the synoptic gospels, but there’s how it reads in Matthew 27:50:
“Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost.”
Another version says he “yield up his spirit.”
Do you get that??
Jesus WILLINGLY gave up his life on the cross for you and I. It was 100% up to him to die! WOW! Just wow!
There’s a lesson here, nothing in life is by happenstance. Nothing in life comes as a result of God forcing our hand at it. It’s ALL BY CHOICE!
I want to encourage you tonight in employing your free-will. It’s given to us by God, so that we don’t have to live life as a victim of circumstance, environment, or life. Somewhere in there, we have a choice!
To go.
To stay.
To do something different.
To stay the same.
To love.
To hate.
To complain.
To praise.
To gossip.
To pray.
To die.
To live.
What choice will you make today…and for the rest of your life? I pray you chose to live life fully and to live in the abundance of faith, grace, and a prosperous life (body, mind, soul, spirit) that God has promised you. But let me tell you this one thing…It’s all up to YOU!
Enjoy the rest of your evening and I’ll see you later on this week! 🙂
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