Holy Week contains many significant days within it. One of those days is Good Friday. It’s called “Good Friday” because of the
amazing act that Jesus did on the cross on our behalf. So we focus on the work of the cross and the
pain and sacrifice that Jesus endured.
This is a good thing to do. As a
result, we often forget about the pain that our Triune God experienced.
We get so focused on Jesus that we forget that God exists as three
persons in perfect unity within the Trinity.
So how was the Trinity affected by this momentous occasion? For a brief moment in time Jesus became the
embodiment of our sin. In that brief
moment the perfect fellowship found in the Trinity was disrupted. Matthew describes the event in this way:
“Now
from the sixth hour darkness fell upon all the land until the ninth hour. About
the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, “Eli, Eli,
lama sabachthani?” that is, “My
God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?” And some of
those who were standing there, when they heard it, began saying, “This man is
calling for Elijah.” Immediately one of them ran, and taking a sponge, he
filled it with sour wine and put it on a reed, and gave Him a drink. But the
rest of them said, “Let us see whether Elijah will come to save Him.” And Jesus
cried out again with a loud voice, and yielded up His spirit. And behold, the
veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom; and the earth shook and
the rocks were split. The tombs were opened, and many bodies of the saints who
had fallen asleep were raised; and coming out of the tombs after His
resurrection they entered the holy city and appeared to many. Now the
centurion, and those who were with him keeping guard over Jesus, when they saw
the earthquake and the things that were happening, became very frightened and
said, “Truly this was the Son of God!” Many women were there looking on from a
distance, who had followed Jesus from Galilee while ministering to Him. Among
them was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James and Joseph, and the
mother of the sons of Zebedee.” (Matthew 27:45–56, NASB95)
As a result, the Father grieved over His Son, The Spirit was unable to
be Comforter (Acts 9:31, 2 Cor. 1:3), and Jesus felt forsaken and completely
alone. All that agony and pain was
experienced by God. He knows what it
feels like to be helpless, rejected, and completely isolated.
So fathers and mothers out there God knows what it feels like to be
completely helpless while watching His child suffer to the point of death. So when you see your child going through a
difficult time that you can do nothing about take your cares to God the Father
for He can sympathize with your pain.
Friends and Siblings when you are far from a friend in need and you
can’t hold them in your arms and share their pain know that the Holy Spirit is
able to be there in your absence. Pray
that the Holy Spirit would come and give them peace and comfort.
To those who are suffering and feel as though you are all alone, know
that you have a Savior who can sympathize with what you are going through. That Jesus surrendered His life when He was
at His lowest and loneliest point in His life.
Go to Him and cry with Him for He truly understands your pain and what
you are going through.
We have a God who is not far off but desires to be in community with
us. He desires to be with us through our
pain. And though Christ felt forsaken
while He bore our sins, the Father promised that as long as we are in Christ
that He will never leave us or forsake us.
Remember this Good News on Good Friday!
**Inspiration for this post came from the book
Sacred Parenting by Gary
Thomas: Chapter 2, page 31.**
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