…Yet from this torture and during this capital punishment, while “sitting in the electric chair” if you will, he asked His Father for these people to be forgiven. He loved humanity and the universe enough to endure torture and execution, unspeakable shame and ridicule. It was love that led Him to Calvary, but on the other side it was orchestrated by the powers of evil.
Advent should encourage us and motivate us to think that once Christ came into the world, all the hopes of Israel came, but they came gently and quietly in the form of a baby.
If you’ve had a similar experience finding yourself utterly hopeless trying to navigate this world, I have bad news and good news. The bad news is that it will probably get worse and worse before it gets better, but in order for it to be better, God is asking us to act and behave in a way that seems illogical, irrational and counter productive, “Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.” Rom. 12:21 and “Love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them without expecting to get anything back…Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.” Luke 6:35-36
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