Mark 15 Wednesday

Because Jesus is supposed to be perfect your mind tells you that He must not have really suffered like we do.  This chapter dispels that thought.  In verse 34 when He is hanging on the cross and cries out....."My God, My God why have you abandoned me?" you can actually hear His cry for help. 
When I read that today and the following verses I realized that His cry was in the last minutes of His life.  It was a cry of desperation.  It was the darkest moment of His life before God came to His rescue.  His cry was one that came from the deepest part of Him....the human part of Him....He felt totally alone and abandoned.
Then He died.....it was over....that was His rescue.  When we come to the 'end' we are brought to the point of crying out to God......'why have you abandoned me?"  That is the point of our rescue!  I have come to that point several times in my life and I am sure I will again...that is life.  BUT I know God is there even when I cry out to Him and ask Him where He is....He is there.  BUT WHAT IF I DIDN"T KNOW THAT???
We have to share what we know whith others.  This is a time of desperation for many people...But He is always there if He is in your life.
It is always darkest just before the dawn.  I always think "what if dawn is in the next minute and I give up a minute too soon to experience that dawn?" and that is what makes me keep going.  BUT I KNOW that dawn is coming and there are those that don't have that assurance. 
I love how Jesus identifies with us in our Human state throughtout His life here on earth.  He was a real person....and yet He was God....and He did this all for us!
Share with someone the realness of your Jesus.  He knows what we face daily...and He promises to be there in the middle of it with us.....because He has experienced it all!!!