HE DRANK IT

HE DRANK IT-HE AGREED TO DIE

John 18:11 “Then said Jesus unto Peter, Put up thy sword into the sheath: the cup which my Father hath given me, shall I not drink it?”

“I shall drink the cup...it has been decided.”  These words were spoken to Peter in the moment when in love for his Master, and in mistaken zeal, he had struck a blow in order to attempt to deliver Him from the hands of His enemies. They are revealing words. They show us how the one dominant passion of all our Lord's life was still triumphant as He passed to death. He had but one passion, and that was to do His Father's will (Psa. 40:8). The other Evangelists tell us how the question of this cup had just been raised in communion with His Father, and always under the constraint of that same master passion. That hour of question was over. The cup had been given Him to drink. Therefore there was no further question. In the form of the statement we discover His perfect rest; the cup had been given Him by His Father, by the One Who loved Him, by the One Who confided in Him. Therefore there could be no further question. The question raised and settled in communion could not be raised in any other form, or with any other beings. And once more, we see how the highest love, the love of God, must ever qualify, and often cancel, the suggestions made by other loves, however loyal and well intentioned they may be. The love of God is always wise. The loves of men are often unintelligent. Of course, in our Lord we see all these things outstandingly, but there are profound values in them for us, to which we do well to take heed. Agape through and through. For someone else. Was it you?

Acts 21:14   “…The will of the Lord be done.”