Wednesday, July 6, 2011

We are the reason that He gave His life.

I was looking for a music video to accompany my next blog. It was suppose to be about Jesus washing his disciples' feet. This is the message I have received in my email from the daily devotional. I already had a specific song in mind when I stumbled upon this music video. I was so caught up with the dramatic presentation and the lyrics of the song. I guess this is what you call divine assistance because somehow it would still relate to Jesus' loving gesture of washing his disciples' feet.



Jesus who was God chose to humble himself and serve mankind by offering his life to take man's place in suffering the consequences of sin. He could have just destroyed us all and created another set of creatures that he could love and cherish. But he did not. His love for man was so great that he would rather die than see them suffer the consequences of their wickedness.

I was reminded of our high school musical as I watched this video. It was the story of the centurion who made the choice to live for Jesus not for the miracles he had seen Jesus do but for the love he showed him through his death on the cross. The song in the play echoes in my head.

"I choose Jesus. Not for miracles but for loving me. Not for Bethlehem but for Calvary."

He was wounded for our transgressions. And by his wounds we are healed.
If I were to take the place of the centurion in the play, I would have also done the same thing. I would choose to live for Jesus. After everything I have seen in the life of Jesus, all my doubts about God's love would have been eliminated from my mind. Who in his right mind would choose to waste his life suffering for a people that do not even seem to care? Only Jesus would do that because he loves us so much.