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Journeying With Jesus - 40 Days Lent DevotionalSample

Journeying With Jesus - 40 Days Lent Devotional

DAY 28 OF 40

Jesus called out with a loud voice, “Father, into your hands I commit my spirit.” When he had said this, he breathed his last.

The closing statement. It was not bombastic. It was not an “I have done it” proclamation. It was not a theological discourse. 

It was a Son’s simple trust in a good, good Father. It was Jesus showing us what it means to trust God 100 percent. It was Jesus showing us how he laid down his right to live. It was Jesus showing us how to die.

Dr. William Barclay writes, "Jesus died with a prayer on his lips. `Father, into your hands I commit my spirit.' This was Psalm 31: 5 with one word added: Father. It showed that after his cry, “My God, my god, why has thou forsaken me?” Jesus was now back to addressing God as “Father,” re-establishing intimacy within the Trinity.

He died in perfect peace commending himself to the One who he knew best. 

Bringing It Home

What is God asking me to commit to Him? Am I trusting an unknown future to a known God? 

Lean In

Father God, Thank you for the intimacy with his Father that Christ displayed in that very last moment on the Cross. Thank you for the peace with which he breathed his last – the peace that is readily available for all who believe. Help me trust you for tomorrow and for all eternity. Amen

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About this Plan

Journeying With Jesus - 40 Days Lent Devotional

‘Journeying With Jesus’ is a Bible plan to help us walk with Jesus through the last two chapters of Matthew. We stop to focus on Jesus' last days on this earth and what that means to us. How does that change who I am and Whose I am today? We will take time to dwell on Scripture and “bring it home” with questions that make us consider where we are on the journey of knowing Jesus.   

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