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Saturday, April 11, 2020

About My Father’s Business:

A Lenten Devotional Guide

“From now on the Son of Man will be seated at the right hand of the power of God.”

Luke 22:69 NASB

At this point in our Lenten meditations, we are inclined to feel only our grief that Jesus had to go through such a terrible death to atone for our sin. Thursday’s service at the church is a dark service that encourages our remembrance of the horror of that day. I certainly do not want to minimize the importance of this kind of meditation. We MUST remember that we have been bought at great price, willingly paid for by Jesus through his own sacrifice of himself for our sin. However, we must not miss a joyful thought.

Yes, Jesus did cry out from the cross, “It is finished.” And that surely means exactly what it says. The words used here, I’ve reminded you before, are the same words that were written on a deed when the final payment is made on a piece of land. “Paid in full.” When Jesus died on that cross, his earthly ministry was complete. He had faithfully completed his Father’s business for him here on earth, and our sin debt was paid in full.

However, we should take great comfort in knowing what his business in heaven is now that he has completed the job here and returned home. Now he is seated at the right hand of the Father, ever interceding for the saints. That’s us! (Don’t feel like a saint? Ask me sometime and I’ll show you Scripture that says if you are a believer in Christ, you are a saint.) Right now, Jesus prays for us, joins us in our prayers to the Father, sits at the right hand of his Father in power. Very comforting thought.

Father, Thank you that Jesus is with you, praying for those whom he has redeemed. Amen

About My Father’s Business:

A Lenten Devotional Guide
prepared for First United Methodist Church

of Homosassa, Florida
Spring 2010
by Patience Nave, Christian Education Coordinator