The Perfection of Divinity

Scripture: John 19:34-37

But one of the soldiers pierced His side with a spear, and immediately blood and water came out.  And he who has seen has testified, and his testimony is true; and he knows that he is telling the truth, so that you also may believe.  For these things came to pass to fulfill the Scripture, "NOT A BONE OF HIM SHALL BE BROKEN."  And again another Scripture says, "THEY SHALL LOOK ON HIM WHOM THEY PIERCED."

Insights:  Five hundred years before Jesus birth Zechariah, under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, wrote the prophet words about Jesus’ bones.  There were over three hundred prophecies concerning the Christ in the Old Testament and today’s verses share two of them.  I mention this number because for Jesus to be the Christ, the Son of God, He had to fulfill every one of the prophecies.  If only one prophecy did not come to pass, then Jesus would not have been the Christ.  To the praise and glory of God, however, Jesus did fulfill every prophetic word about Himself.  In other words, God’s plan was perfect.  His plan had no flaws.  Paul wrote in Galatians 4:4-5, “But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman, born under the law, to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons.”  The fullness of time indicates God’s perfect plan had finally culminated in human history and now was the time to send His Son to redeem a world to Himself.  Isaiah 55:8-9 remind us, “‘For My thoughts are not your thoughts, and your ways are not My ways.’ [This is] the Lord’s declaration. ‘For as heaven is higher than earth, so My ways are higher than your ways, and My thoughts than your thoughts.’”  If we were to plan the way to redeem humanity, we would not have chosen the death of our child.  God’s knowledge, however, exceeds ours so much that we cannot fathom His depths and His understandings.  We trust God’s perfect plan for our salvation, but how do we do in our daily lives?  Do we accept God’s sovereign perfect plan for those times in our lives that are unexpected and shack us to the core?  God perfectly orchestrated the events of human history to bring us His Son in complete fulfillment of His prophetic words.  I believe we can trust Him to have the best plan for our lives even when it does not seem to make sense.  Beloved, trust God and live at peace in the midst of uncertainty.

Questions:

1. Do you ever question God’s plan in an arrogant or haughty manner?
2. Do you ever express gratitude to God for having a perfect plan?                              

Prayer: Father, thank You that You do have a plan.  Thank You that Your plan is perfect and without a doubt for my best.  In my confusion, help me to trust You and rest in Your grace.  Amen.