…and he bowed his head and gave up His spirit. (John 19:30 ESV)
Control
We like to think that we are in control of our lives.
We spend money when we want to spend money. We enter the college that we choose to attend. We purchase the groceries we like, the car we like, the home we like, the socks we like, and we have the haircut we want to have.
And all of those choices fool us into thinking we have control.
But we do not have control.
Even though we think we are the masters and mistresses of our destiny, more happens to us than we actually do ourselves. Consider the two biggest events of our lives. We do not decide when and where we were born. And we do not decide when and where we die.
But Jesus did. He chose when and where He was born, and more significantly, He chose where and when He died.
Those words recorded in the fourth gospel are rich with power.
He, unlike any human who ever lived, or will live, gave up His spirit, and died.
This is more than surrendering to illness, or injury, or despair.
This is Jesus saying, “the moment is NOW.”
And He does the same thing for His people, too. He orchestrates the music of our lives. He directs our coming and going. He moves us, stills us, lowers us, and raises us.
And it is a good thing. Because He knows more than we do, even about ourselves.
We can not control our lives and deaths, but Jesus can. AND, He is good.