“But they kept shouting, “Crucify him! Crucify him!” For the third time he demanded, “Why? What crime has he committed? I have found no reason to sentence him to death. So I will have him flogged, and then I will release him.” But the mob shouted louder and louder, demanding that Jesus be crucified, and their voices prevailed.”
Luke 23:21-23 NLT
Have the voices of the crowd ever prevailed against you?!
Jesus knows exactly what you are going through. The crowd made up false testimony. The rulers had no real reason to crucify him and even wanted to let him go. BUT the crowd!! The crowd made such a fuss that they refused to settle for anything less than crucifixion.
Do you know that Jesus did not go to battle with the crowd? He knew God's will would be fulfilled no matter what!! You are not alone!!
Take heart!! The righteous will always prevail!!
“O my people, trust in him at all times. Pour out your heart to him, for God is our refuge. Interlude”
Psalms 62:8 NLT
There's a song by Jeremy Camp that says over and over, "the same power (that rose Jesus from grave, that commands the dead to raise, rose mountains when he speaks, can calm a raging see), lives in us!! No weapon prevails, we stand in victory!!"
It may be the darkest day you've faced but Jesus is still with you!!
Look at Isaiah 30:19-26 NLT
“O people of Zion, who live in Jerusalem, you will weep no more. He will be gracious if you ask for help. He will surely respond to the sound of your cries. Though the Lord gave you adversity for food and suffering for drink, he will still be with you to teach you. You will see your teacher with your own eyes. Your own ears will hear him. Right behind you a voice will say, “This is the way you should go,” whether to the right or to the left. Then you will destroy all your silver idols and your precious gold images. You will throw them out like filthy rags, saying to them, “Good riddance!” Then the LORD will bless you with rain at planting time. There will be wonderful harvests and plenty of pastureland for your livestock. The oxen and donkeys that till the ground will eat good grain, its chaff blown away by the wind. In that day, when your enemies are slaughtered and the towers fall, there will be streams of water flowing down every mountain and hill. The moon will be as bright as the sun, and the sun will be seven times brighter—like the light of seven days in one! So it will be when the LORD begins to heal his people and cure the wounds he gave them.”
There is purpose in your pain!! It is for the glory of the Lord that you are still standing!!
“The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me to lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside the still waters. He restores my soul; He leads me in the paths of righteousness For His name’s sake. Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; For You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; You anoint my head with oil; My cup runs over. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me All the days of my life; And I will dwell in the house of the LORD Forever.”
Psalms 23:1-6 NKJV
Take heart and stand firm in the Lord! He has a purpose for you!!
