What if He didn’t…..

What if on the cross He didn’t die
Seeing me worthless, the price too high
If He didn’t erase the record of my sin
And let the enemy triumph and win.

What if He didn’t, conquer the grave
That swallows the meek, the strong and the brave
What if He turned away from the blows
And ceased from Calvary, the grace that flows.

What if He said ‘No’ to the crown of thorns
And chose not to endure, mockery and scorn
What if He called angels to His side,
And His accusers that night, were the ones that died.

What if His innocent blood wasn’t shed
His broken body, offered as bread
What if, to drink the bitter cup He refused
His plea “ Father let this pass“, was approved.

But He did…..
He took the nails in His hands and feet
Death and disease, He did defeat
The Lamb of God, said not a word
But His cry ‘Father forgive’ they heard.

Rejected and alone, the pain He endured
Our salvation, in exchange for His life, He secured
He gave up the ghost, as His life ebbed in red
“It is finished” He breathed and bowed down His head.

The earth shook and trembled at prophecy fulfilled
Dead came to life, the saints they had killed
The soldiers they feared and said as they ran
This was the Son of God and no ordinary man.

Rising from death on glorious day three
He overcame the world, didn’t stay on the tree
The veil tore in two, to the cross we now cling
Jesus, one mediator between man and our King.

What would life be like if Jesus chose not to die for our sin? Born as a Man, He had a choice, just like you and I are faced with choices every day.

He chose to obey His God given assignment. He chose rejection, aloneness, betrayal, pain, abandonment and shame. He overcame temptation through the Word. He turned away from fame, glory, riches, honor, recognition and physical comforts. He endured the cross thinking of us and stayed the course because He saw our penalty if He didn’t.

By laying down His life, He has gained for us the privilege of being sons and daughters of the great I AM.

Let’s reflect on the beauty and mystery of this sacrifice, the mystery of divine love, incomprehensible to the human mind. It is a mystery only understood and embraced by those whom the Father has chosen to reveal this truth, a mystery that science has tried hard to disprove but has failed, scholars have tried to understand but still struggle. This is a mystery that can only be known by the revelation of the Holy Spirit, with gratefulness by those who know the weight of sin that has been blotted out in exchange for forgiveness, healing and restoration.

Let’s remember during this Easter season and rejoice, that we have an Advocate before the Father, Jesus our Lord and Savior. We are under a new covenant, a covenant of blood and grace. Our name is written on the palm of His hands and in the Lamb’s book of Life.

He chose us in our sin. May we strive to choose Christ over all else and live for Him.

1 Corinthians 15:57-58

But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.

In His Service,

Sohani Faria
Director
Sound of the Lord Mission