Tues.’s Devo - The Cross

Read: Exodus 35:10-36:38; Matthew 27:32-66; Psalm 34:1-10a; Proverbs 9:7-8
Everything about the tabernacle was an expression of who God is. Everyone who wanted to help got to be a part of expressing God to the people. They brought their gifts, volunteered their skills and gifts and did what they could do so that the plan that God had given Moses could be finished and manifested on the earth. This is how the Body of Christ is suppose to function.
In Matthew, Jesus was taken to the cross. On the way they drafted Simon to carry his cross. They crucified Jesus, parted his garments and casts lots for them. Then they sat down to watch him die. They had made a sign which said, “This is Jesus the King of the Jews” and put it over his head. Then they mocked him. They reminded him of all the prophecies he had given them that hadn’t taken place. They wanted him to know he was a failure in their eyes.
The sky went dark from the sixth hour till the ninth and at the ninth hour when the light came back, Jesus cried, “My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?” He was referring them to Psalm 22 which is the picture of what was going on at that time. So what went on for three hours during the darkness? I think that Psalms 18, which is the same as 2 Samuel 22, is the answer. It talks about how God shrouded himself in darkness and came down and rescued Jesus from his enemies. He supported him and led him to a place of safety. This thing I know for sure: God never forsook Jesus on the cross! God who is ever present and all knowing can never forsake us. He can look on sin because he does it every day. God is not afraid of evil.
Lord, help us to overcome evil with good.