Holy Week Devotional, Day 4
#Silence
Read: Luke 23:26-38 

Narrative

I watched as the
soldiers beat him and mocked him, then they took him outside of the city, and
they executed him on a cross.  His own
disciples were no where to be found; in fact, I heard that it was one of the
disciples who betrayed him and turned him over to the authorities.  This great man who was welcomed into our city
like a King not 5 days earlier, now hung on a cross outside the city, betrayed
and abandoned and alone.  How much can
one man endure?  

Yet, I watched as
Jesus endured all of it.  He never cursed
his disciples who abandoned him, he never cursed his captures.  He never cursed the corrupt system or the
injustice against him.  I watched as a
criminal hanging beside Jesus on another cross mocked him, and even then, Jesus
remained silent.  

Practice – The power
of God is often expressed through silence.
Sit in Silence for five
minutes.