Good Friday

As we watch Jesus pray in agony in Gethsemane, He has every right to turn His tearful eyes toward you and me and shout,

"This is your cup. You are responsible for this. It's your sin! You drink it."

This cup should rightfully be thrust into my hand and yours. Instead, Jesus freely takes it Himself...so that from the cross He can look down at you and me, whisper our names, and say,

"I drain this cup for you--for you who have lived in defiance of me, who have hated me, who have opposed me. I drink it all for you."

This is what our sin makes necessary. This is what is required by your pride and my pride, by your selfishness and my selfishness, by your disobedience and my disobedience. Behold Him...behold His suffering...and recognize His love.

-C.J. Mahaney, in Christ our Mediator