HIS LIFE FOR MY SINS

     

        " But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him, and with his stripes we are healed." (Isaiah 53:3). Wow! What an unquantifiable gesture, an unmerited favor, an undeserved sacrifice, yet his love for us so enormous that he gave his life for mankind to be saved. What is man, that he should love us?
       Our sins nailed him to the cross, for every one of us he was flogged, he was insulted, spat on, ridiculed, tortured and crowned with torns. My sins and your sins brought him down to earth, to suffer and to set us free yet every day we nail him to the cross over and over again, our lifestyles scream " crucify him! crucify him!".
     

       The suffering and death of Christ is a moment of reflection not a time to be carried away by worldly celebrations. We spend our time worrying about what clothes and shoes to put on for Easter forgetting the real essence of it all. Easter is a complete process of reflection, repentance and gratefulness for the immeasurable love of God towards us. It shouldn't be a once in a year celebration, it should be a continuous process of reflection in our lives. Christ didn't come to save us for just Good Friday and Easter Sunday, no he came to give us salvation, eternal life. The façade we put on during this period doesn't guaranty us salvation and eternal life, what gives us that assurance is the sacrifice Christ made for us and the commitment we make to live a life that pleases him.
        My sins, your sins, our sins led our saviour to Calvary's cross, his death set us free and his resurrection gave us eternal life. Today reflect, take a bold step like the repentant thief who was crucified with Christ and let Easter not only be a mere celebration, rather a lifestyle.
       

Written by Onyinye