Nothing To You
“Is it nothing to you, all ye that pass by? behold, and see if there be any sorrow like unto My sorrow, which is done unto me, wherewith the Lord hath afflicted me
in the day of His fierce anger” (Lamentations 1:12).
What does the work of Calvary really mean to you? There were those who passed by the cross to whom it meant nothing. Of them we read, “And they that passed by reviled Him, wagging their heads” (Matthew 27:39). Of others we read, “And sitting down they watched Him there” (Matthew 27:36).
For those of us who know Christ as our Saviour the cross should mean everything. As we pass by the cross again today in our thoughts and hearts, considering what took place there, may it mean more to us than ever before. May we have a deepened sense of the depth of suffering, that we might have a deeper appreciation of the glorious results of that mighty work. Jeremiah asks a very serious question in the verse at the top of today’s page. How sad if we had to answer that it was nothing to us. Paul said, “God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ” (Galatians 6:14).
