The Friday of "Holy Week"

READ MARK 15

There is much that happens today... three different trials, crowds crying "Crucify Him", mocking, beatings, crosses, forgiveness, the giving of Jesus' mother to John, and ultimately Jesus' death.

But rather than try to pull everything apart, and retell this famous story, let's focux on something else real quick today.

READ MARK 14:50

Who is this speaking of? The disciples...

Upon the arresting of Jesus, the disciples run, scattering for their lives. Peter does follow from a distance, but we know that he rejects Christ, saying, "I don't know him".

With the realization of what Christ has done for us upon the cross of Calvary, and that the sacrifice that was given, and the blood that was paid was on our behalf, I wonder...do we still 2,000 years later still abandon Christ?

Think about it for a moment, and then answer honestly. Not "Do we 'Forget' about Christ" and what he does in our lives on a daily basis, but more about do we 'Reject' Christ on a daily basis?

Let me try to explain. Often times in our lives we forget that Christ is active in our lives giving us life, breath, blessings, and so much more that we don't deserve, but even more so, when we find ourselves in certain situations, often times we find ourselves "rejecting Christ" by trying to solve our own problems and situations.

So often Christ is plan B...or honestly Plan C or Plan D when Plan A has failed us because we have tried to use our own knowledge and understanding to solve our problems.

We look at the disciples and grimace sarcastically thinking about how "Unfaithful" the disciples were, but what about us? We call our Savior, 'Lord' and yet we fail to turn to Him. We fail to turn to Him in our times of need. Just when we might say that Christ 'Needed' His disciples they abandoned Him. Its so wonderful to know though that Christ will never ever abandon us! Hebrews 13:5 tells us that Christ said, "I will never leave thee nor forsake thee." Praise the Lord that although we might abandon Him, He will NEVER leave us!

What do we need to do to prepare ourselves never to abandon Christ again?