“Father, into your hands I commit my spirit.” (Luke 23:46).
Now, at last, his work done, Jesus gives up his life. Here he quotes Psalm 31 (Ps 31:5), a prayer of deliverance and ultimate trust in God. In the end, we see that Jesus was always in control. Jesus was not killed, a victim, rather he gave his life willingly, in perfect submission to his Father in heaven.
I don’t have much else to say. I hope you have had a blessed Passion Week, and I want to encourage you to press even harder into Christ. My prayer is that we will not have had a spiritual high this Passion Week that we are going to fall from, but that our hearts will have been renewed to desire even more of God’s grace.
Prayer:
Father, I thank you for this past passion week and the ways you have been speaking to me. I thank you for the incredible picture of the cross and of your love for us. I thank you for Jesus and his sacrifice. I will never be the same. Help me to live each day in light of this incredible grace. In Jesus name, Amen.
Additional Readings:
Matthew 27:62-66
