"So you were saying you wanted to get to know me more?"

Wow, it sure was a fruitful and amazing Easter period.
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A few scenes of the Easter drama The Final Solution really impacted me deeply:
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- When Silas' leg was badly injured and he pushed himself forward to touch Jesus' foot
When we are really desperate for a breakthrough in our lives, we plunge ourselves forward and seek to touch God, even if it's just the hem of His garment, knowing that just one touch of God will change our lives.
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- When Silas stretched out his hand to touch Jesus' foot
Our relationship with God ought to be a two-way thing. Now that we know God gave His Son for our salvation, God doesn't expect us to just sit there and wait for His blessings to pour down over our lives. He wants to see our faith and our initiative. "If we take one step towards God, He will take a million steps towards us" First, we must always take that one step. Silas first stretched out His hand, and his healing came. Christians first walked down to the altar, and Jesus became their Lord. We sowed, then we reaped.
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When we are really hungry for a breakthrough in our lives, I guess we ought to do something unusual, to move in a different spirit, to show God our faith. & let our faith move His hands.
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- When Jesus was being whipped and a follower jumped on Him and covered Him, to protect Him from the whipping.
This part genuinely made me tear. I want to be like that follower, I want to have that kind of love for Jesus. To protect Him when I see Him hurt.
When people badmouth Him etc...
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- When Pilate announced that Jesus was to be crucified, and Silas set free.
I never really could understand why. A Man who knew no sin chosen by the people to be crucified over a sinner. A world blinded by the devil.
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- When Silas knelt down before the cross Jesus was hung on
Silas said, "I killed the man, but You took my place." I sinned, Jesus took my place.
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- When Jesus carried the cross and was on His way to His crucifixion
Each time the whip came down upon Him, it tore His skin & flesh. The frustrating pain, that suffering He bore, just so we can be set free from our poverty, emotional despair, sicknesses and be brought back together with God.
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It was indeed an amazing & revelational Easter.
Cheers!