I Did It For You

I did it for you. Simple statement. Nothing fancy. You hear people, especially parents say something similar to this to their so-called ungrateful children, “All that I have done for you…”

Think about what our Lord Jesus went through from the garden to the cross, to the grave to hell and back. Can you or anyone of us possibly imagine what He went through? We all have our ideas, and our conceptions of what Jesus Christ endured in the garden when He cried out to His Father, “If there be any other way…” What it must have felt like to have the sin of history poured out on top of Him and into Him as He drank the cup He dreaded so much. What was this cup? The wrath of God stored up for all of humanity, focused on His very own Son, the sinless and spotless Lamb.

My wife hates spiders.

I mean hates them with a passion. A grown woman will actually sprout wings and fly to get away from a creature that measures no more than a quarter inch across. To her, there is nothing more disgusting than spiders. I asked her to try to understand the idea of having all the spiders of history poured out on top of her, into her mouth, ears, eyes, hair and everywhere. The look said it all. The thing that disgusted her the most. The thing that has the ability to churn her stomach to the point of vomit. The thing that makes her skin crawl at the mention of the word. Yes, this is what I believe Jesus was experiencing in the garden and on the cross when all this sin, this filth was being poured out onto and into Him. Put yourself in His shoes and understand, He was scared, and wanted nothing more than for this to pass and there be another way. But His love for you, His awesome and indescribable love pushed Him on and made Him accept His Father’s will and punishment. Could you? Could my wife swim in a pool of spiders?

Could she have all of the spiders of history poured out on top of her for those who hate her?

Could I?

Could you?

Jesus took all of God’s wrath, all of His anger, fury, jealousy and hatred of sin and embraced it all the while remaining sinless. What an awesome Lord and King. What an awesome Saviour.

That’s my Jesus!