Matt 27:34 they gave Him sour wine mingled with gall to drink. But when He had tasted it, He would not drink.
This was after the scouring, at the place where crucifixion took place. Perhaps this was a drink commonly given to those about to die. Gall, being a digestive fluid, maybe helped them? But gall added to the wine made it a bitter drink. Jesus refused the bitter drink.
The Spirit showed me... what this means. After everything that had been done to Him, and even considering what was yet to be done; the brutal, painful ending of a life He loved, unjustly killed, and every sin of all who would be forgiven, past, present and future, laid upon Him, His own people calling for it luckily, Jesus still refused to let bitterness in. Such was the nature of our savior.
What has been done to you in life? What slings and arrows? What pain and suffering, unjust, trust betrayed, even by those who should have loved and revered you? Did you let bitterness in?
Let it go. If Jesus, who suffered more than any man of any time, refused to become bitter, you ought to follow His example. A supple, loving, forgiving heart is one with no bitterness. Bitterness hardens the heart and prolongs suffering. It also hurts those around you who had nothing to do with causing your pain, but who love you. It isn't worth it.
If you harbor tremendous pain about what you have gone through and simply can't forgive or drop the bitterness, He can and will help you for the asking.
Think of it this way. People wonder why bad things happen to good people. They don't. Who is good here? All have sinned and fall short or the glory. Only Jesus was ever good. He didn't ask why, He knew. He alone was innocent. The rest of us are not. It is better to focus on how it can be possible for anything good ever happen at all to such a fallen race. Answering that mystery will help with letting bitterness go.
This was after the scouring, at the place where crucifixion took place. Perhaps this was a drink commonly given to those about to die. Gall, being a digestive fluid, maybe helped them? But gall added to the wine made it a bitter drink. Jesus refused the bitter drink.
The Spirit showed me... what this means. After everything that had been done to Him, and even considering what was yet to be done; the brutal, painful ending of a life He loved, unjustly killed, and every sin of all who would be forgiven, past, present and future, laid upon Him, His own people calling for it luckily, Jesus still refused to let bitterness in. Such was the nature of our savior.
What has been done to you in life? What slings and arrows? What pain and suffering, unjust, trust betrayed, even by those who should have loved and revered you? Did you let bitterness in?
Let it go. If Jesus, who suffered more than any man of any time, refused to become bitter, you ought to follow His example. A supple, loving, forgiving heart is one with no bitterness. Bitterness hardens the heart and prolongs suffering. It also hurts those around you who had nothing to do with causing your pain, but who love you. It isn't worth it.
If you harbor tremendous pain about what you have gone through and simply can't forgive or drop the bitterness, He can and will help you for the asking.
Think of it this way. People wonder why bad things happen to good people. They don't. Who is good here? All have sinned and fall short or the glory. Only Jesus was ever good. He didn't ask why, He knew. He alone was innocent. The rest of us are not. It is better to focus on how it can be possible for anything good ever happen at all to such a fallen race. Answering that mystery will help with letting bitterness go.
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