A Made Up Mind

 By: Joanne Viola

 

Yesterday was Easter – a day we think about our Lord, all He endured, and His resurrection.

It is also a day in which we revisit our decision to follow Jesus, to commit our lives to Him.

As Jesus was on the Cross, knowing the end was coming, He uttered these words:

“Then Jesus shouted, “Father, I entrust my spirit into your hands!”
And with those words he breathed his last.”
(Luke 23:46, NLT)

Jesus endured suffering we cannot imagine. Yet these final words show us what we are to do in our times of suffering.

• Will we allow the suffering to distance us from God? or
• Will we continue to trust God and draw near to Him?

 Important questions.

Jesus entrusted Himself to the Father.

Reading this in Scripture this week, I realized Jesus had made His decision long before the Cross.

And so it is with us. We need to make this decision, to follow Jesus, to entrust ourselves to God, before we suffer or go through difficulties.

We need to decide before facing suffering that we are going to follow Jesus. We need to entrust ourselves to the Father’s plans. And that does not happen in the heat of the moment or situation. We decide now, each day, how we are going to live.

Let’s have a made up mind,
and resolve,
to entrust ourselves to the Father’s plans.

 

 

Reflection: 
How do you maintain your focus, your resolve, to follow Jesus? In reflecting upon our Lord’s sacrifice, what new insights did you gain this Easter?

 

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