Reach City Worship
Good Friday is a day that we reflect on and remember all that Jesus did for us. We were sinners, we were lost, but now we are saved by the grace that is found in Jesus and what he did on the cross.
It was that day that the keys to death, hell, and the grave were taken and a day where love personified was put on full display for you and I but in that moment, on that very day, it wasn’t so good.
That Friday was full of torture and tears; anguish and suffering. A day when a man who had never done a thing wrong was beaten, mocked, and crucified.
It was a day where friends turned their backs on the Master as they scattered in all directions. It was a day that was heartbreaking, painful, and lonely.
For the disciples, in that moment, it hadn’t been a good day. They felt hopeless, they didn’t know where to turn, who to trust, or who they could count on. They couldn’t count on one another because they had all just rejected Jesus. Some ran from him, some hid from him, and some even denied ever even knowing him.
Yea, it wasn’t a good day.
It wasn’t something that you captured in “portrait mode” and shared to your story. No one in that moment thought to say, “Good Friday”, because to them it wasn’t.
What they didn’t know, what they couldn’t see through the torment and the fear was that redemption had a purpose for the suffering.
Through the blood that Jesus shed, there was a fulfillment of a promise, a promise to save the lost, heal the sick, break the chains of addiction, and to set the captives free.
In the midst of suffering, Friday didn’t look so good but the weekend wasn’t over, Sunday was still on it’s way.
Jesus fulfilled his purpose for redemption and because he endured the cross, because that stone rolled away, a day of suffering and torture became good.
A day that the disciples wanted to move on from and not remember would soon become a day that they would never want to forget.
What was the difference?
It was Jesus.
Jesus was in the suffering, in the pain, and in the chaos and he took what the enemy meant for evil and turned it around for our good.
That’s why we sing, “Worthy is Your Name”, because there is none more worthy of all the praise, all the honor, and all the glory. He alone should be exalted because if it had not been for Jesus, I don’t know where I would be, what hole you may be dragging me out of.
In the middle of our suffering, we may not see a way out, but we have already been shown that with Jesus, even the most painful and tragic days can be turned around for GOOD.
Reach City Worship | “Worthy Is Your Name”
Lead “Worthy Is Your Name” with your congregation.