The Joy Before Us
The 5 AM flight seemed like torture. Why had we booked such an early morning flight? We hadn't thought through the fact that the wakeup call would be at 3 AM and that the shuttle would leave at 3:30 in the morning and that we would have to be at the airport by 4. However we were probably thinking of what we had to look forward to upon our arrival in Houston-3 of our grandchildren would be awaiting our visit and bring us great joy.
Now our suffering was nothing in compared to the torture that Jesus went through when He faced the excruciating pain on the cross, but He was willing to do it for us because He could see beyond the immediate pain He had to endure to the future that He would have in fellowship with each of His children when He returned to heaven.
I think that's what this Bible verse is describing:
Hebrews 12:2 For the joy set before him he endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. www.hearthope.org
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