I Just Can't Wait!

Jesus said, "I have eagerly awaited celebrating this Passover with all of you."

Those are the words of Jesus in the gospel of Luke, just before what we call the Last Supper. Jesus knew that beyond this happy and sad time with his disciples lay unbearable suffering and shame at the cross. Unjust beating, a kangaroo court process before Pilate and the Jewish religious leaders, and ultimately death on a Roman cross. So why would Jesus say these words this way? How could anyone be eager to experience all that lay before Jesus.

When I think of eagerly awaiting something, I think about what it was like to be a young boy the week before Christmas. You know what that was like, excitement and anxiety all blended together in to a recipe of Holiday and family joy! Packages to shake and size up, lights and ornaments on the tree and around the house, sweets and other scrumptious foods appearing to tempt and treat each person around. That to me is eagerly awaiting something! And that with all the pain and horror is how Jesus beheld what lay in and beyond that passover feast that is like no other ever in human history.

He eagerly awaited it and still does when we come to the table of communion with Him, because he desires fellowship and intimacy with you and me that much. Even at such an amazing cost He wants to set with us and get to hear and experience the depths of our hopes and dreams, our pain and sins, everything that makes us who and what we are; His brothers and sisters.

It makes me wonder, how much I desire to spend intimate, alone time with him in close fellowship? How much pain do I cause him when I get too busy, or preoccupied with my stuff to set down with him and just be? That is really what the cross is all about, not just salvation but transformation! Something Mr. Wesley called Sanctification!
O Lord Help me to eagerly desire to just "Be" with you!

Yours in Him,
RevRichard