A Message for Good Friday

a virgin. It included the events of that first Good Friday, a day when Jesus' enemies thought they had won, but only sealed their defeat. This plan included God separating from and forsaking his Son. Defeat was not in this plan, but glorious victory in a glorious resurrection from the dead. God forsook Jesus so that he would not forsake us.

You may notice that this psalm immediately precedes Psalm 23, "The LORD is my shepherd." These two psalms stand in stark contrast. In Psalm 22 we see one forsaken by God. In Psalm 23 we see the exact opposite-a shepherd with his sheep in good times and bad, seeking good for the sheep, providing for the sheep, remaining with the sheep and protecting them, even to the point of death. That man hanging on the cross and dying our death is the very same shepherd who remains in constant vigil over us. He experienced the very shadow of death so that we fear no evil in that same shadow.

Today is called Good Friday because the plan completed on that day bears for us the good news that we are now at peace with God, we are united with God as His dear children, and we will spend eternal life with God in heaven.

Thank God! Thank God! He has not forsaken us!

AMEN

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