Come to the Cross.
The Lord calls us to look upon His glory. But do we have eyes to see?
There is no beauty to attract us. The wood is raw and unvarnished.
There is no majesty to desire. The nails are cold and ruthless.
The Lord asks us to look with our hearts and to receive the message of the Cross, which redefines beauty and majesty according to God’s wisdom.
The journey of Lent follows carefully along with Jesus as He completes His earthly mission to unite humanity through His sacrificial death. Forty days with Jesus. It’s the invitation of a lifetime, yet we spend more time focusing on what we’re giving up than Who we’re giving ourselves back to.
Jesus died thirsty for our devotion. Can we take time during Lent to come to the Cross and simply be with Him? Can we turn away from a world that demands immediate answers and accept supernatural ambiguities?
Jesus Christ on the Cross symbolizes a core truth of His gospel: Obedience, which comes through faith, is the only way to freedom.
The Cross disrupts feeble allegiance; it challenges our expectations and silences any boast about what we thought we knew about gain and loss, power and triumph. The Cross teaches us to wait for what God decides to reveal and to believe beyond what human eyes can see.
Can we go to the Cross and marvel at what it means for us in heaven and not what it looks like on earth? Can we behold the beauty in Jesus’ sacrifice and bow to the majesty of His meekness?
Christ crucified, the message of the Cross, is foolishness to faithless hearts, but to those who are called by grace, who hear the voice of Love, Christ on the Cross is might and wisdom.
Let us take time to notice what so many failed to see: the God of hope is also our Lord of glory. And Jesus bore the cross in faith that He makes everything beautiful in its time.
For only in the wise ways of our Maker could rugged wood and nails be revealed as a throne of glorious grace.
