Psalm 22:1 "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?"
David writes these words a thousand years before Jesus is born. He is crying out to God because he feels forsaken, forgotten, and attacked. Of course, Jesus recites this same plea while hanging on the cross outside Jerusalem. Jesus cries out to the father because he too feels forsaken, forgotten, and attacked.
It is almost eery to read these words in Psalm 22 and know that generations later they would be spoken again on the cross by my savior. It's hard to take these words knowing Jesus suffered because of me. I must keep in mind, the father did not abandon or forsake anyone, rather I abandoned him. It is because of me Jesus felt this way. It is because of me he suffered. My sin drew a wedge between the father and the son. Today I am reminded of my depravity and what it cost.
Dear Jesus, thank you for dying in my place. I am sorry. Please forgive me. Amen.
