Day 20: Matthew 27:46

46 And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, “Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” that is, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”

Prayer Lesson: Yesterday we looked at one of the most moving moments of Jesus on the cross. Today we see one of the most shocking. Jesus asks God, “Why have you forsaken me?” We saw in Gethsemane that Jesus was on board with God’s plan for Him on the cross. However, it appears that Jesus is feeling betrayed by the Father. It’s not betrayal that He was feeling. In His emotions He was feeling despair and abandonment. He was in the midst of enduring the wrath of the Father for the sin’s of all mankind. For a split second, Jesus would die and be separated from the Father. He was not doubting, He was expressing how  ...