Why

Why do I love Jesus?

"And being found in fashion as a man, He humbled Himself, and took upon Himself the form of a servant and became obedient unto death, even the death on the cross." The cross. For me, He suffered one the most torturous physical deaths a man could endure. For me, on the cross, He suffered a spiritual wound that is beyond my comprehension--"My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me." What did it take for that incomprehensible moment of suffering to occur? Just one of my sins. Just one. And how did He endure such suffering? "For the joy that was set before Him endured the cross." What joy? His heart's desire to spend eternity with me. With me. How can it be? It was His love for me.

How can I not love Jesus, my Savior?

And to love Him is to obey Him. To take on the reality of becoming His servant until death.

May I begin each day with this prayer--and it must be each day: "I surrender all, I surrender all. All to Thee, my blessed Savior, I surrender all."