Holy Week Devotional Plan from New Life ChurchSample

DAY FIVE | The Promise Fulfilled

No prophecy about Jesus is quite as stark as the words recorded in Isaiah; and no person in His life while He is here seems prepared for the brutality He would suffer. In our reading from Matthew, we see the fulfillment of Isaiah’s description of the sacrifice the Savior would become. The fall of humanity indebted us—it became a barrier between the Creator and His creation. Not only did we stumble and fall short of the law; but the effects of sin, like sickness and pain, suddenly riddled the earth. Atonement would have to be made. Jesus would be crushed so we might be relieved of sin’s unrelenting pressure, wounded so we might be restored to health. 

There is no oppression, pain, abuse, or injustice we experience that He didn’t take on Himself. He went to the cross, taking our worst to the grave, and rising victorious over it so we no longer have to be bound to the things that have crippled us before. Jesus lived and died to save us, to become the sacrifice that paid sin’s debt once and for all. 

We call this day Good Friday because there is no greater example of the upside-down Kingdom than the cross. What was once an instrument of death is now recognized as a sign of hope and a symbol of immeasurable love. 

Maybe you’re facing days that you would call anything but good. We as a church fully believe that, just as the day that the Savior was crushed would eventually be called good, your darkest days can become bright in the grace Christ poured out to us through the cross. 

Our prayer for you this Good Friday is whether you’ve been walking with Jesus for years or you don’t even know Him yet, you would see the passion of Christ’s love and you could walk freely forward in grace all your days. (If you would like to know more about Jesus or to connect with our church so we can pray with you, please visit newlifechurch.tv/Jesus.)

Application: Wherever you are today, take time to stop and simply think about the magnitude of Christ’s love that He displayed on the cross.