An offering of sacrifice to the Lord “must be without defect pr blemish to be acceptable” (Leviticus 22:21). In Mark 15:15,
we have the great statement concerning the sinless Son of God taking
the sinner’s place – “Pilate released Barabbas to them. He had Jesus
flogged and handed Him over to be crucified.” “Praise be to the Lord,
for He showed His wonderful love to me when I was in a beseiged city” (Psalm 31:21).
The Cross was, for Jesus, a beseiged city. When He cried out to God,
it was like the prayer of the Psalmist – “In my alarm I said, ‘I am cut
off from Your sight!’” God answered the Psalmist’s prayer – “Yet You
heard my cry for mercy when I called to You for help” (Psalm 31:22).
God answered Jesus’ prayer when He raised Him from the dead. To those
who believe in the crucified and risen Christ, God says, “Be strong and
take heart, all you who hope in the Lord” (Psalm 31:24).
Psalm 48:1-14 Lord, we worship You in the place of worship – “Within Your Temple, we meditate on Your unfailing love.” Help us to go out from there, and play our part in seeing that Your praise “reaches to the ends of the earth” (Psalm 48:: 9-11). How will other people know of Your love, if we don’t tell them? How will they find their way to Your House, if we don’t invite them? When we share Your Word with others, help us to remember Your promise: “My Word … will not return to Me empty, but will … achieve the purpose for which I sent it” (Isaiah 55:11).
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