#34 DELIVERED

40 DAYS WITH JESUS

#34  DELIVERED   "And Pilate pronounced sentence that their demand should be granted.  And he released the man they were asking for who had been thrown into prison for insurrection and murder, but he DELIVERED Jesus to their will.  And when they led Him away, they laid hold of one Simon of Cyrene, coming in from the country, and placed on him the cross to carry behind Jesus."  Luke 23:24-26  "And after they had mocked Him, they took the purple robe off Him, and put His own garments on Him.  And they led Him out to crucify Him.  And they pressed into service a passer-by coming from the country, Simon of Cyrene (the father of Alexander and Rufus), to bear His cross. And they brought Him to the place Golgotha, which is translated, Place of a Skull."  Mark 15:20-22

Definition of DELIVER

:  to take and hand over to or leave for another :  surrender

Jesus, You were DELIVERED to be crucified.  Simon of Cyrene had the honor of carrying Your cross - weighing about 100 pounds - through the city streets out to the place of crucifixion. I can  imagine the weight and pain Simon experienced, as he shared in the humiliation and suffering of Your walk to the cross.  Mark mentions Simon's sons, Alexander and Rufus, as if they were believers that he knew.  Nothing else is said about Simon of Cyrene - but this experience MUST have altered his life and the life of his family.  Even Your walk to the place of Your crucifixion was marked with Your POWER and Your INFLUENCE!!   I worship You Jesus, as You walk to the place of Your death by crucifixion.   

(How has your life and family been MARKED by Jesus' crucifixion?  Worship Him today - the One who was DELIVERED to be crucified for you!)#40dayswithjesus