Look and be Quiet

Look and be Quiet

Bible: Luke 23:44-49

Look around and see. Is any suffering like my suffering . . . ? (LAMENTATIONS 1:12).

How often do we think about Jesus dying on the cross? I remember one speaker encouraging us to look at Jesus and be quiet, because there is really nothing to say when we think about the love Jesus demonstrated at the cross. When we read about Jesus’ death in the Bible, we can imagine the scene it describes. We can almost see the cross and the blood, the nails and
the pain.

When Jesus breathed His last breath, those who “had gathered to witness this sight . . . beat their breasts and went away” (LUKE 23:48). Others “stood at a distance, watching these things” (V.49). They looked and were quiet. Only one spoke, a soldier, who said, “Surely this was a righteous man” (V.47).

Songs and poems have been written to describe this great love. Many years before, Jeremiah wrote about Jerusalem’s pain after it was invaded and destroyed. “Is it nothing to you, all you who pass by?” (LAM. 1:12). He was asking people to look and see; he thought there was no greater suffering than Jerusalem’s. However, has there been any suffering like Jesus’ suffering?

All of us are passing by the road of the cross. Will we look and see His love? When words are not enough to describe God’s love to pay for our sin, let us take time to simply think about Jesus’ death. In the quietness may our thanks and wonder deepen.

To Pray About…

Dear Jesus, as I look at Your cross, I have no words to show my thanks for Your perfect sacrifice. But I thank You for Your love.

LOOK AT THE CROSS AND THANK JESUS WITH AWE AND WONDER.

Youth Edition – Our Daily Bread Ministries