Don’t you hate the feeling that no one really thinks about you or considers you? Maybe it’s a friend or a parent or the person you’re with, but sometimes it can seem as though no one notices your feelings or cares about them. Is anyone looking out for you? Does your heart matter to them all that much? One of the most amazing things about Jesus (and one of the things I love about Him the most) is that even when He was in the middle of the most intense moments of His own personal danger, He wasn’t just thinking about Himself, but the people He loved. When Jesus was being betrayed and falsely accused, just seconds away from being bound and led away into the night to face humiliation, torture and His own execution, His concern was for the welfare of His friends. In fact, He said to the soldiers who came to take Him away, “If you’re looking for me, let these men go.” When things got darkest, He wasn’t thinking about Himself, but securing the safety and freedom of the ones He came for. This is the very heart of the Gospel - that Jesus would risk Himself for the lives of those He loved. He gave Himself for their freedom - and not only theirs, but ours as well. He came to let Himself be captured so that you might go free. He came to give His life in order that you would live. He is always thinking about you. He is always working for your best, even when your best requires His own betrayal, torture and death. Jesus was and is on a mission to make you free and nothing could turn His thoughts from you.
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