If you are given a choice to choose between blessing and curse, which one would you pick? No doubt, you and I would grab blessing within a blinking moment. But someone chose curse on our behalf.

The Son of God, the unblemished Man ever walked on earth did choose curse to salvage the sinful and undeserving human beings and hung on the cross at Calvary to redeem them. Do these words sound somewhat cliche to you? So many times, you would have heard it preached, sung loud and passionate from the hymnals, had read from your favorite devotionals and books that you don’t give much thought to it these days.

That’s how I felt when I read the following words from Deuteronomy 21 during my devotion this morning.

“. . . anyone who is hung on a tree is under God’s curse” Deuteronomy 21: 23b.

I’ve heard preaching on this subject many times before and had even read through them in the Bible over and over again. But this morning, when I read these lines something stopped me and made me to go through again and again.

As usual a question popped in my head.

Why did God allow His beloved Son to hang on the cross and become a curse in His eyes?

And why did Jesus, our Blessed Assurance become an emblem of shame and ridicule for the onlookers at Calvary? As I was wrecking my head for satisfying answers, John 3:16 flashed before me bold and brightly.

“For God so loved the world that He gave His only Begotten Son that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.” John 3:16 (NKJV)

Yes, God’s love went beyond any degree to save the perishing and reconciling to Him through His beloved Son.

And His Son was obedient enough to surrender His will Completely to His Father’s will and underwent beatings and humiliation and hung on the cross like a criminal. Why? Because He wanted you and me to be with Him eternally washed and cleansed in His precious blood.

How could we ever be not mindful and thankful for the One who became a curse for our sake. Let’s our talk and walk declare our gratitude for His amazing grace shown at Calvary.

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