By Pastor Dr. Aggrey Soyekwo
Mark 15:30-31 "Now come down from the cross and save yourself!” In the same way the chief priests and the teachers of the Law jeered at Jesus, saying to each other, “He saved others, but he cannot save himself!" - GNB
Jesus was hanging on the cross between two thieves. He was falsely accused of a crime He didn’t commit by the custodians of the law. The priests, elders and teachers of the law had successfully executed their mission to kill Jesus by a shameful death on a cross. They now mocked Him, telling Him to safe Himself from their hand and the cross. They didn’t know it was in God’s plan.
Jesus had performed so many miracles to safe others, but couldn’t avoid the cross because that was part of the path to achieve His mission. We have known those used by God to do great things in others, only to succumb to some of the very trials they helped others overcome. What we do as vessels is by the Spirit as God saves, heals, transforms His people. Some of the crosses are part of the path assigned for us to tread in our walk with God. Instead of pray against them, we should pray for grace to go through them.
God’s power in us doesn’t serve our wishes, but God’s will and purposes. If God has used you to be a blessing to others, allow His will be done. What He used you to do in others is no guarantee that He must do in you. Some thinking so have become discouraged when what they did to others didnt happen to them. It shouldn’t be. Rejoice in the Lord. He accomplishes His plans in us differently, all to His glory.
2 Corinthians 12:7-9 "…Therefore, in order to keep me from becoming conceited, I was given a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me. Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me."
Shalom children of God.