DRAMA & FEAR

Mark 14:33 - Jesus plunged into a sinkhole of dreadful agony. - MSG

Throughout life everyone faces,storms - drama. Some days I write in my journal: Lord, please no drama today!

Some people ignore faith. They are content to experience life through others. They per fer to not take any risks. For fear of the worst, they never enjoy life at its best.

Jesus did more than speak about fear, He faced it. In Max Lucado's book FEARLESS, it talks about the gospel drama being played out on two occasions.
1. Gethsemane's garden
2, Golgotha's cross
The garden staged the profoundest fear and the cross the severest suffering. Jesus fell to the ground and said: "Abba, Father, everything is possible for you. Please take this cup of suffering away from me. Yet I want your will to be done, not mine," Mark 14: 35-36.

In Mark we are told horror came over him. (Horror - rendered helpless, disoriented, agitated, anguish) Matthew described Jesus as depressed and confused - sorrowful and troubled - anguish and dismayed.

God has become flesh and flesh is feeling fear. the cup is referring to God's anger, judgment and punishment. Jesus is taking on God's wrath. Jesus - divine - had never been separated from God since eternity. He was deathly afraid. Jesus showed us what to do with our fear. PRAY! Face all our drama with honest prayer.

I now look at drama differently. My challenges are small compared to Jesus' drama that occurred on that very first Easter. I will pray a prayer of thanksgiving to my Lord and Savior Jesus for giving His life for my sins. When I feel unworthy, I will remind myself that I am a member of God's family, and my drama doesn't amount to much when compared with the gospel drama.