Focus: The Passion Week Of Christ (Pt.3)

Text: Act.1:3

"To whom also he shewed himself alive after his PASSION by many infallible proofs…"

The Passion Week is indeed a week full of trouble for Christ, but Wednesday is crisis free. It is a day of solitude. It is a day that seems blank, and it is most likely that He and His disciples are still in the vicinity of Bethany.

Yesterday was chaotic; today is calm. It is no busy day and the atmosphere is not charged with a heated argument with the Jewish authorities. I believe while Judas is busy perfecting his betrayal plans with the Jewish leaders, Jesus Christ is spending a quiet time with His disciples, exposing them to things they should know about, especially things pertaining to the future, and getting them ready for the inevitable crisis of the cross. I believe, too, that He must have spent quality time with His Father in prayer.

I believe He has enough time for His hosts since it would likely be His final moment in their home. Remember that it is also the last time He would know sleep. He would sleep this Wednesday night, wake up Thursday morning, and His eyes would never know sleep again. Wednesday marks the 4th day, counting from Sunday, the day of His triumphant entry into Jerusalem.

Let us join Christ in the place of solitude. Let us sit at His feet and learn, and feel His heartbeat. Let us gain a great deal of insight into His passion and mission. Wordsworth says that "solitude permits the mind to feel." 

It is time to hear the still small voice of God in one's soul, a silent voice, yet very atomic. Let us come apart and rest for a while with Jesus Christ.

Let us look into His eyes and feel the agony in His soul. This Jesus, the messiah of Israel, created the world by His breath, but when it came to the matter of saving man, He shed His blood. From the hill of Golgotha His blood flowed for all men to be saved.

Today is our day of deep meditation and holy communion with our Lord God in prayer. The cross is God's biggest capital and our richest asset. There is no aspect of the Christian life where the cross is needless. The cross is central and vital everywhere. For the sinner, God says, 'Look at the cross, and live.' And for the saints, God says, 'Look at the cross, and die to self.' The unsearchable riches of Christ flow from the cross. I pray you spend time alone and ponder on everything that Christ and His cross means to you, and then bow at the foot of the cross, and worship Him. Rededicate yourself to the Lord and receive grace for a closer walk with Christ in this life.

by Bishop Moses E. Peter