Not Forsaken

Perhaps you've experienced "abandonment" when it's time to clean-up after a party or when there's no one to help with a flat tire. From the cross, Jesus cried out to The Father, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" (Matthew 27:46). It has been suggested by some that Jesus wasn't literally forsaken, He only felt forsaken. The Scripture is clear on what Jesus said: the Greek word "egkataleipō" is best translated "totally abandoned, deserted." In those moments of His suffering, Jesus (the sinless one) became our sin; He was forsaken so that you and I would never be forsaken. Life is hard - situations, circumstances and relationships can bring-on feelings of hopelessness and despair, leaving us with the same feelings Jesus uttered in those dark moments on the cross. Even then, Jesus was willing to suffer abandonment - it was part of God's plan for me and for you so that need never suffer in such a way. When all seems lost and hopeless, know with with the full confidence of Jesus, you we are not alone. We are ... not forsaken.