Picked over.
I remember back in high school trying out for the roller
hockey team at our school.
I was going to try out for goalie, but dislocated my knee
cap about a week early and it prevented me from bending my knee.
As a result, I went out for tryouts as a player.
I figured I was still solid enough to make it on the B team.
My high school had the A team and B team.
A team was pretty competitive with the other school in the
conference and could compete, the b team was the opposite and usually lost most
games 10-0.
I went into tryouts think I would be an easy pick for the B
team.
My lack of ability to turn and move affect me and I did not
make the team.
I was picked over.
I felt pretty crappy in the locker room.
Man, I didn’t even make it onto the b team, a team that lost
most games 10-0.
I was feeling pretty down.
It doesn’t feel good to be picked over.
That was about a sports team, Jesus was picked over but this
was life or death.
Jesus went before Pilate and they told the crowd, they could
choose one person to not go to death, Jesus or Barabbas.
This is what was said about Barabbas in Mark 15:7…
“A man called Barabbas was in prison with the
insurrectionists who had committed murder in the uprising.”
Pilate said I can release the king of the Jews (Jesus) or
Barabbas.
The crowd answered in John 18:40…
“They shouted back, “No, not him! Give us Barabbas!” Now
Barabbas had taken part in a rebellion.”
Jesus was just picked over.
We can get picked over for jobs, schools, work and
relationships.
Jesus was picked over for someone who took place in a
rebellion.
His disciples and followers were not around and he was sentenced
to death.
Jesus could have stopped this from happening but chose
death.
He had the power and the ability to not be on the cross, but
he accepted it and did this to die for each and every one of us.
Because he loved us, he made a sacrifice we would not have
to make.
I would have loved to make that hockey team, but I did not.
I was sad about it, but not down.
The next year I joined with some other people that didn’t
want to play for the school team and we beat the top school team 15-7.
That was a good feeling.
Now imagine the feeling you would get from someone dying for
you.
A person literally gave his life up to die, so when you die,
you could go to heaven.
Jesus did that for us.
He leaves us a choice.
Heaven or Hell?
We can chose where we want to go when we die.
We have to make a choice.
Believe in Jesus, believe he died on the cross for our sins
and live or life for him. When you die, you
get to go to Heaven.
If we don’t choose this, we chose hell.
A place I wouldn’t want my worst enemy at.
We all have choices.
Some are small and some are huge.
I know some people that don’t believe in Jesus and have
other ideas on the afterlife.
If you think you are going to heaven, how sure are you?
What if you are wrong?
Tough to think about.
Faith in Jesus is the only way to Heaven.
What’s your choice?
Have a great day.
