Reading: Luke 23, Job 35 and Psalm 6
Scripture: Luke 23:42-43, And he said, "Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom." And he said to him, "Truly, I say to you, today you will be with me in Paradise."
Observation: The is a saying that the words of a dying man are like gold, and that is the idea behind the book Gold from Golgotha by Russell Bradly Jones. And I heard about it from a series of the same name from Fresh Life Church in Montana. The idea is that it takes so much effort for people dying to say anything that maybe we should pay attention. If I remember correctly when hanging on a cross the body is forced into a constant state of exhalation (breathing out) so to be able to breath in enough to speak they would have to place all their weight on the spike in their feet and push up to take a breath then say what they had to say.
Application: So the thought that this prisoner who was dying next to Jesus too the energy, pain and breath to rebuke the other prisoner and basically became a Christian on the cross is amazing but also that Jesus took that same effort to assure him that he was going to be with him in paradise. We are called into grace, mercy and forgiveness. I love the way comedian Mike Warnke puts it, “Do you have to get cleaned up to take a bath? … You don’t have to do anything to accept Jesus” but one you do the Holy Spirit will work on you and start to change you.
Prayer: Father I thank you that you sent your Son to pay the price for us that we don’t have to spend eternity separated from you and your love. I thank you for you provisions and blessings you give us each day and the help you provide. I ask you to help us to hear your calling and seek after you each day to grow deeper in love with you and to better understand your love for us.
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