As Maundy Thursday leaves and births this day that we observe as Good Friday, we can’t help but become absorbed in the somberness of these historic days leading up to Easter. Maundy Thursday, also known as “Holy Thursday” or referenced as “Great Thursday” commemorates the foot-washing ceremony and the Last Supper that Jesus shared with His Disciples the night before he was crucified.
“Were you there when they crucified my Lord?” is a familiar song we hear sung during this time. Some give little thought to that song because they think that this event happened well over 2,000 years ago, so how could they be there at Golgotha on this glorious day back then. Well, fast-forward to now. Think about if you have denied The Lord in some way, perhaps unintentional and out of sheer fear, just like Peter did, and not even realize what you were doing. Were you one of those spectators who watched the soldiers brutally nail Jesus to the Cross and did nothing? Compared to today, have you watched someone being tortured and didn’t do anything when you knew that you could? Were you one of the soldiers who inflicted such horrific abuse to Jesus, but followed orders eventhough you knew it was inhumane, humiliating and unethical? Compared to today, have you hurt or bullied someone so horribly just because everyone else did?
As we search within ourselves on this Good Friday and having heard and read about Jesus’ tortuous journey to the Cross, we have to examine what can we do today to walk and behave in the way God wants us to. Sometimes that is a hard thing to do when you are being attacked mentally, emotionally, verbally, physically and spiritually. But just remember, no weapon formed against you shall prosper. They may think they will, but the reality of it is, they are sadly mistaken and will fall in defeat.
