- Then Jesus, calling out with a loud voice, said, “Father, into your hands I commit my spirit!” And having said this he breathed his last. Luke 23:46 – You know today is a day of remembrance for our nation and its ironic that my passage today was the death of Jesus. It’s confusing why bad things happen like towers getting hit by airplanes, or Jesus being beat and crucified. But what I’ve seen in scripture and in life is that God can make something beautiful out of the worst of situations. Sometimes we see that beautiful thing, sometimes we don’t, but we should trust God knows what He’s doing. While we live in a sinful world and bad things happen, I know our God’s shoulders are big enough to handle it all and to handle us leaning on them too. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac
- He released the man who had been thrown into prison for insurrection and murder, for whom they asked, but he delivered Jesus over to their will. Luke 23:25 – In the last chapter Jesus prays that familiar line, “Not my will, but yours, be done.” We see just how much God’s will is to bring life yet in our passage today how man’s will leads to death. Allow that fact to settle in your mind as you begin choosing which will to follow in your life. Is it your will and wants that are going to be what guides you or will you stop to listen and discover God’s will for you and follow that? You know the direction each will take you now, but you still have to choose one to follow. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac
- Now there was a man named Joseph, from the Jewish town of Arimathea. He was a member of the council, a good and righteous man, who had not consented to their decision and action; and he was looking for the kingdom of God. Luke 23:50-51 -It said he was looking for the kingdom of God. I believe that’s the type of heart God desires all of us to have. One that doesn’t just go with the flow of everyone around us, even when the flow is strong and the voices very loud, but someone who through it all seeks the kingdom of God and what He is doing. Today seek the direction and work of God in your story over the voices of those who are leading you astray. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 628
- And the people stood by, watching, but the rulers scoffed at him, saying, “He saved others; let him save himself, if he is the Christ of God, his Chosen One!” Luke 23:35 – Today’s chapter was Luke’s account of the crucifixion. While I have read this story many times and I know the full story of Easter, it’s still not an easy passage to read through. Our Savior died a painful death and did so for us. What the rulers said here was true, Jesus had saved others and as the Christ He could have easily come down from that cross. He could have had thousands of angels there attending to Him in a moment, healing His wounds and making a fool of the mocking rulers. Yet that’s not what Jesus did. He remained on the cross, died on the cross, and allowed all this to take place when He could have stopped it. Why? Because He wasn’t done saving. He knew this was the only way that all humanity – Jews, Greeks, slave, free, men, women, children, 1stcentury, 21st century – could find forgiveness of their sins and salvation of their souls. Let’s find ourselves then in a posture of gratitude today for the sacrifice Jesus made for us. We have life today because He gave up His for us. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 2340
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