Why He Chose To Endure

"For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved. He who believes in Him is not condemned, but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. And this is the condemnation; that the Light has come into the world, and men loved darkness instead of light; because their deeds were evil."(John 3:16-19 NKJV).

"He was despised and rejected by men; a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief. And we hid, as it were, our faces from Him. He was despised and we did not esteem Him. Surely He has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows; Yet we esteemed Him stricken, smitten by God and afflicted; But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities, the chastisement for our peace was upon Him, and by His stripes we are healed"(Isaiah 53:3-5).

As He suffered the pain and abuse not only from the Roman soldiers, He also had to hear the people crying out, "Crucify Him, Crucify Him!" Can you even begin to imagine the brokenness He had to endure; just so you and I could go free? To be set free from all our sins, from all our weaknesses, from all our diseases, from all things that would try to bind us and keep us from living an abundant life in Him? "Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels, nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord."(Romans 8:37-39).

And as I think on all the cruelty Jesus chose to endure; how after being despised, abused and rejected; beaten and tortured by all those lashes ripping open His back; and then to carry His own cross upon those open wounds on His journey to Golgotha to lay down His life for me; there are no words to describe my astonishment of His love! Knowing that at any time,  the Son of God could have said, 'Enough, no more!' and salvation's plan would have ended; but He chose to endure it All for you and for me, and for all who choose to believe! 

He chose to come and endure so you and I could go free. "He left the splendor of Heaven; knowing His destiny; was the lonely hill of Golgotha; there to lay down His life for me. If that isn't love, the ocean is dry; there's no stars in the sky and the sparrows can't fly; If that isn't love, then Heaven's a myth; there's no feeling like this, if that isn't love." 

Truly His Love surpasses all our comprehension; and as we continue celebrating Holy Week with Resurrection Sunday just around the corner; I pray we remain mindful of all He has done for us and continues to do even now; and that we show him how truly grateful we are! I pray you enjoy a wonderfully blessed day, dear friend, because God loves you and so do I~~~