By Amy Whiting
Good...if you look up that adjective in our dictionary it has 28 different meanings! 28 ways of describing what good is...yet on the surface none of them seem to fit the events of the day we call Good Friday. Why do we call it good?
“Friday is the day that:
He who was celebrated becomes despised
He who was innocent was punished like the guilty
He who was the Lion was slaughtered like a Lamb
A day of unexpected reversals:
Where the Pharisees thought they got away with premeditated murder
But actually it was a predestined sacrifice
They thought they were taking His life
But in fact He was surrendering it
Death was their goal,
Yet life was the outcome
How is this day good?
Because on this day God had other plans:
He made one day affect all of eternity
He turned the wounds of One into healing for many
He transformed our worst acts of hate into the greatest expression of love
How is this day good?
Because at the cross:
We can hand over our sin in exchange for righteousness
We can lay down our burdens and pick up freedom
We can come broken and yet leave restored
And though seemingly it was the end –
It was actually just the beginning
The enemy had it planned as a bad day...
And we now call it good.”*
We call it Good Friday because today we remember and celebrate afresh that we have the privilege of knowing and experiencing that “God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.” (Romans 5:8)
*Text taken from the video clip “Good Friday” by Igniter Media
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