The last word was made by the church to synchronize the
words of Jesus since all the words in the four gospels which is only found in
Luke. It showed Jesus was in control and not distracted by the events, even the
most painful death, that anyone who sees this he won’t commit this crime. The
events were described as a shame by the writers of the gospels because Christ
was crucified naked. Even with all this he was confident in God with his last
words expressing hope and confidence.
Sometimes when faced with some pain we loose confidence and
move away to find help somewhere else. The cry “my god, my god” is not found in
Luke, he was fully in control of the impression he gives in Luke. Salvation and
our safety has a lot to do with one’s hold. The safety of a young monkey
depends on its own hold on the mother, this makes it safe because the mother
carries it wherever. Cat holds are those that the cat gives to his children to
carry them from one place to the other. It uses it teeth and its safety depends
on the bite, which does not harm but ensures safety.
Our salvation has a part that God has played which is the
cat hold; safety can be granted when we do the Monkey hold by ourselves. When
we loose confidence in our Lord we would leave him and find ourselves running
into all things. Jesus in the most trying time still did that monkey hold
“father into your hand I commit my soul”. Has it got to a time where you think
you have been disappointed by God and think you should abandon God and do your
own thing? Jesus is telling us God is trustworthy and we can still hold on to
him. Let us do that monkey hold and we would be saved. Amen.
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