..today... reflecting on what Jesus has done for us, I am listening to one of my favorite songs:
..They tell me Jesus died
For my transgressions
And that He paid that price
A long long time ago
When He gave His life for me
On a hill called Calvary
But there's something else
I want to know
Does He still feel the nails
Every time I fail?
Does He hear the crowd cry,
Crucify, again?
Am I causing Him pain?
Then I know I've got to change
I just can't bear the thought
Of hurting Him
It seems that I'm so good
At breaking promises
And I treat His precious grace
So carelessly
But each time He forgives
What if He relives
The agony He felt on that tree?
He died for me... He paid for my sins... and not only did He die... He was beaten up and ridiculed, spit at and humiliated... He was betrayed by a friend... sold for some material gain, denied by another of His disciples... and yet... because of the joy laid before Him He endured all this...
Jesus, being in very nature God,
did not consider equality with God something to be grasped,
but made himself nothing,
taking the very nature of a servant,
being made in human likeness.
And being found in appearance as a man,
he humbled himself
and became obedient to death—
even death on a cross!
I had to repent today of disappointment and hopelessness ... how could I walk around defeated... when my Lord gave His life so that I could live victoriously.... He went through all this pain without defending Himself, so that I could have life abundantly... fellowship with Him, never denied or restricted... intimacy of heart, soul and spirit...
every time I feel alone I am believing a lie... a lie to keep me in that place of defeat... every time I am feeling devalued by the fact that I was replaced so quickly, I am believing a lie that diminishes what my Jesus has done for me....
laying down His life for me He stayed on that cross because He loved me....
forgive me, Jesus, lover of my soul... I am failing you by not standing firm and resisting that lie from the one who has come to deceive and to destroy... you have won the victory and you have made me yours... my allegiance and love is yours for all eternity....
Does He still feel the nails
Every time I fail?
Does He hear the crowd cry,
Crucify, again?
Am I causing Him pain?
Then I know I've got to change
I just can't bear the thought
Of hurting Him
Holy, Holy, Holy
Holy is the Lord
Holy, Holy
Holy is the Lord
Do you still feel the nails,
every time I fail
Have I crucified you Jesus with my sin?
Oh, I am tired of playing games,
I really want to change
I never want to hurt you again...
Holy, Holy, Holy
Holy is the Lord
Holy , Holy
Holy is the Lord
Amen
