Seize the Moment – Day 1114
Meditate on the Cross!
Good morning! This is Pastor Jerry Ingalls from New Castle First Baptist Church and today is Wednesday, April 5.
One of my favorite Good Fridays was when I was serving in pastoral ministry in Sunnyvale, California. I spent the day memorizing Psalm 22, while hiking in the beautiful foothills above the Silicon Valley. Why did I choose Psalm 22 to meditate upon? There is no better person to explain the majesty of “The Psalm of the Cross” than C. H. Spurgeon:
[Psalm 22] may have been actually repeated word by word by our Lord when hanging on the tree; it would be too bold to say that it was so, but even a casual reader may see that it might have been. It begins with, “My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?” and ends, according to some, in the original with “It is finished.” … It is the photograph of our Lord’s saddest hours, the record of his dying words, the lachrymatory of his last tears, the memorial of his expiring joys. … Before us we have a description both of the darkness and of the glory of the cross, the sufferings of Christ and the glory which shall follow. Oh for grace to draw near and see this great sight! We should read reverently, putting off our shoes from off our feet, as Moses did at the burning bush, for if there be holy ground anywhere in Scripture it is in this Psalm.[1]
I invite you to prioritize time becoming familiar with Psalm 22, and while doing so to turn to its fulfillment in the Gospel of Matthew 27:33-56. May your soul ascend to the heavens as you praise God for the passion of the Christ.
Seize the moment and pray Psalm 22, meditating upon the crucifixion of Jesus Christ – “He Himself bore our sins in His body on the cross, so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness; for by His wounds you were healed” (1 Peter 2:24).
God bless you!
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