April

 

St. Paul reminds us, we do not “boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ.” (Galatians 6:14) Rejoicing in this Gospel, we “bear one another’s burdens,” in love, according to “the law of Christ.” (Galatians 6:2)

Rejoice in the Gospel – This life that you live. Your struggles. Your anger. Your weakness. Your woes.  Your sorrows - your Lord knows all, even your joys exactly. Because Jesus became a man.

The coming of Jesus into our world changes everything. For we do not have a God who was too proud to know His people. Or a God content to rule from a great distance. Or a God whose majesty was too awesome for us to behold. We have just the opposite. Jesus is the only one, who experienced the very same humanity, the very same problems, and the very same challenges that you do.

No, you do not walk this road alone. Jesus is the God who came down from heaven. He was that man. “He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief. Surely, he has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows; yet we esteemed him stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted. But he was pierced for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with his wounds, we are healed.” – Isaiah 53:3-5

Behold, Christ’s cross.  He did this by Himself suffering an unjust arrest, by Himself being killed most unfairly. Jesus, the most righteous One–the only perfectly righteous One–He would be arrested, tried, and put to death, when it was clear He was entirely not guilty.

On His cross, your sins became His. Your troubles His burdens. He died your death, only to rise again. Look to His cross for your every burden in life. While the world spins, the cross stands!

Tell others your pain; you won't receive the care you expect. Tell Jesus, and you'll see He knows your sorrows better than you do. Tell others your sins, they will judge you. Tell Jesus, and see He how He has taken them all away.

He did this all for you, for you and for all the perplexed people of this world. Justice is done. All the wrongs and the sins are paid for by Jesus’ holy blood on the cross.

Now your fears and your worries have a place to go to find an answer. To the cross of Christ. Remember always we are Easter people. Confident in the LORD’s guidance, we shall overcome for we are more than conquerors through Christ who loves us.