After the horrendous scene we wrote about
yesterday (Judas’ betrayal and the arrest of Jesus), verse 56 in Matthew 36
says,
“Then all the disciples deserted him and
fled.”
I don’t know about you, but I’ve never
experienced every single friend I have deserting me. Even the person in the drive-thru greets me
with a smile every time I show up for food.
However, the men Jesus led to follow him,
those who were chosen to learn from him, fled – perhaps out of fear – when the
situation looked scary.
Maybe these men were afraid they too would
be arrested, so they disappeared. I’m sure they thought if they were arrested
with Jesus, for following Jesus, they too would die on a cross right next to
him. So they ran.
There is nothing on this earth worse than
losing everything and standing alone, about to die, with no one around. I can’t imagine the grief or the pain. I can’t imagine that Jesus didn’t run away
with his friends, or call those angels from heaven to come down…
But he didn’t.
He was arrested and led to
slaughter…because he loves you and me.
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