As we approach Easter time, it is good for us to remember that the Lord Jesus once also ‘approached Easter’.
For us it is a time of looking forward with excitement to the most important day in the Christian calendar, and praising God for the risen Saviour.
But for the Lord Jesus, it was a time of dreading the inevitable. He knew (as only God could) the full horror of the agony that was to come. As He considered the great cost, in terms of pain and anguish, of saving the great masses of lost people upon the earth, He had to make the decision that it was all worth it. We thank God today that He chose the hardest path!
We may not know, we cannot tell,
What pains He had to bear;
But we believe it was for us,
He hung and suffered there.
So, as we approach Easter this year, let us remember the suffering that Jesus went through before He was arrested. We should then pray and thank Him afresh for the depth of His love for us, that He should choose to go through so much pain in order to save us from our sins.
Hallelujah! what a Saviour!