I had a great discussion with one of the Servant Leadership course participants, last night (actually I had two great discussions!). We are meeting for some one-on-one coaching time to help the participants pursue their personal learning goals. We were talking about experiencing the Holy Week services and how awesome they are. She was sharing that part of her personal spiritual journey with Jesus and said,
“I used to think, ‘Jesus died. That’s pretty great that a good man would die. Don’t know the whole story, but He must have been a good man.’ Then I realized, ‘Oh, He died for us. Wow. That’s amazing.’ This year, at the Maundy Thursday service, I realized He died for ME. Unbelievable!”

The power of what Jesus did for YOU is unbelievable. Here’s how CS Lewis described it:

The story of the Incarnation is the story of a descent and resurrection . . . one has the picture of a diver, stripping off garment after garment, making himself naked, then flashing for a moment in the air, and then down through the green, and warm, and sunlit water into the pitch black, cold, freezing water, down into the mud and slime, then up again, his lungs almost bursting, back again to the green and warm and sunlit water, and then at last out into the sunshine, holding in his hand the dripping thing he went down to get. This thing is human nature. (C. S. Lewis, “The Grand Miracle”)

It’s not a random rescue. It’s YOU He is after.

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