“…when Christ came into the world (in the form of human flesh), he said: “Here I am—it is written about me in the scroll— I HAVE COME TO DO YOUR WILL, MY GOD.” (Heb. 10:5-7)
What important words, words that we all, from our hearts, should be proclaiming!
So, we are, “…to be conformed to the image of God’s Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters.” (Rom. 8:29), the Great Passover Lamb, had taken bread and wine and said to the first eleven of those brothers, “This is my body…This is my blood…” (Mark 14:22–25). And in doing so, the old Passover became the new Passover.
Now, Jesus was about to submit Himself to the greatest challenge of doing the Father’s will and not His will…In the familiar garden of prayer, Jesus looked deeply into the Father’s Cup He was about to drink, Jesus was terrified. Everything in his human flesh wanted to flee the awaiting physical torture of crucifixion. And His Holy Spirit groaned with overwhelming dread at the far greater impending spiritual torture of being forsaken by His Father. Jesus reminded Himself, “I HAVE COME TO DO YOUR WILL, MY GOD.“
ABBA FATHER, HELP US TO UNDERSTAND AND APPRECIATE WHAT GREAT SACRIFICE WAS DONE BY OUR LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST…
-Bill Stockham