Thursday, February 17, 2011

Were You There?

Probably, you are familiar with the old spiritual song titled Were You There When They Crucified My Lord? I try to imagine often what the life of my Lord might have been like as He walked the dusty roads of The Holy Land. How must it have felt to live with the weight of His crucifixion looming on His horizon?

Were you there when they crucified my Lord?
Were you there when they crucified my Lord?
Oh, sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble.
Were you there when they crucified my Lord?

Were you there when they nailed him to the tree?
Were you there when they nailed him to the tree?
Oh, sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble.
Were you there when they nailed him to the tree?

Were you there when they laid him in the tomb?
Were you there when they laid him in the tomb?
Oh, sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble.
Were you there when they laid him in the tomb?

Were you there when God raised him from the tomb?
Were you there when God raised him from the tomb?
Oh, sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble.
Were you there when God raised him from the tomb?


Indeed, these sobering lyrics help out my imagination:


When He was on the Cross, I was there. So were you.
We were on His mind. Yes, and we were in His heart.
Grateful

4 comments:

pastor paul said...

Just knowing that Jesus knew me then makes my heart long for Him and Heaven even more now.

Hey! Guess What!! James is on my Calender for March 13th Am & PM and Revival in Sept. Excited indeed!! Goshen FWB are in for a blessing!

love you bro!

i am Grateful... Kerry i am. said...

WONDERFUL. A lot to look forward to, indeed!

KLW said...

We were there in a very real way as our sin – my sin – was placed upon Jesus.
2 Corinthians 5:21 says: “God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.”
Our sin was placed upon Jesus as He hung on the cross. Jesus felt the weight of my sin, He took the punishment that I deserve, He paid the price for me.

i am Grateful... Kerry i am. said...

Jesus paid it ALL. ALL to Him I owe!