WHAT TYPE OF JESUS ARE YOU LOOKING FOR?

Jesus knew it was destined to happen.

He knew that he had to face the cross no matter how difficult it would be. Maybe that’s why He even helped the people who wanted Him dead by asking them, “Whom are you looking for?” (John 18:4)

How about you? Who are you looking for?

When things become difficult, we are tempted to look for a particular type of Jesus.

• We want the Jesus who turns water into wine
• We want the Jesus who calms the storm
• We want the Jesus who multiplies bread to feed the thousands
• We want the Jesus who heals the sick
• We want the Jesus who makes Lazarus alive again
• We want the Jesus who will stop Covid-19

We tend to look only for the Jesus who makes all things GOOD.

There is a problem when all we want is that type of Jesus. We forget that part of His story was the suffering that He had to go through. Here’s the truth, we CANNOT HAVE A PORTION of Jesus ONLY. We have to receive the WHOLE Jesus. That means we follow the Jesus who blesses us & suffers for us. That means we follow Christ through the up & downs of life.

Suffering is part of our journey. It’s the suffering of Jesus that heals & saves us.

"But he was pierced for our offenses, crushed for our sins, upon him was the chastisement that makes us whole, by his stripes we were healed.” - Isaiah 53:5

Jesus says that His followers should "take up his cross, & follow me." (Matthew 16:24)

The cross will always be part of our journey. Jesus had to go through Good Friday before achieving the victory of Easter Sunday.

So don’t stop loving God because you are experiencing the worst situation. Remember, God loves you even when you were at your worst.

This Good Friday, follow the whole Jesus despite the suffering because that will end with the Easter blessing.

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