The decision of the cross

Ever decision becomes a destiny! That is a bold but true statement. Jesus made the decision to go to the cross and that decision changed everything. I want us to focus on that decision.

The journey to the cross began before time. The fall of man didn’t sneak up on God catching Him off guard. God knew full well that man would chose to rebel and be sinful. Before the fruit crunched in the garden Jesus had left for the cross. I don’t fully understand why God chose to create us when He knew our sin but He did out of love.

Scripture says that Jesus “fixed His face to the cross”. In other words that Jesus could have chose to opt out of dying for our sins but He knew that we would not be rightly related to God without that sacrifice. This “fixing” was the decision that all of human history hangs upon. Because Jesus chose the cross, compelled by His great love, we are freed from the “wages of sin”. We could not be right with God by our self efforts or our religious rituals. We are right with God by choosing to accept His death in our place. The way of the cross leads us home to God.

Jesus being fully God and fully man knew all the suffering this kind of death would bring. The power of foreknowledge is too great for us mere humans because it would stop us from moving forward. Jesus knowing all that lay ahead chose the cross. He was not dragged away and killed but He willing lay down His life. No power on earth could force Jesus to the cross but the love of God lead Him there.
During this Easter season we should consider the decision of Jesus to die in our place and once again give ourselves to Him. Every decision becomes a destiny!