Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?

Matthew 27:46 NIV
About three in the afternoon Jesus cried out in a loud voice, "Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?" (which means "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?").

Yet not as I will, but as you will.
The very essence of Jesus' cry at the Father saying. Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani? is out of his pain and sufferings as a complete human being undergone such a pain in his emotions and feelings. In fact even before the Crucifixion, Jesus cried to the Father God saying if it is possible, may this cup be taken from me. Yet not as I will, but as you will.

Matthew 26:39 NIV Going a little farther, he fell with his face to the ground and prayed, "My Father, if it is possible, may this cup be taken from me. Yet not as I will, but as you will." 


Being in Anguish, he prayed more earnestly:
The very nature of human is to resist the pain, if the skin is exposed to the hot, say Fire, it would automatically tries to retrieve. Jesus being a God manifested in human flesh, overcame all the temptations, but the pain on the cross was as same as any other human would have suffered. Because God's wrath on human was poured at the cross on Jesus - his Son for the remission of our sins. Jesus cried saying if it is possible, may this cup be taken from me. then he being in anguish, he prayed more earnestly

Luke 22:44 NIV

And being in anguish, he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat was like drops of blood falling to the ground.

How can Jesus being God himself call unto Father for help? The same question or kind of question was asked by those who passed by....

Matthew 27:39-40New International Version (NIV)

39 Those who passed by hurled insults at him, shaking their heads 40 and saying, “You who are going to destroy the temple and build it in three days, save yourself! Come down from the cross, if you are the Son of God!”

In fact the first two temptations of the satan was asking Jesus, "If you are the Son of God". Jesus is the Son of God and these questions are to test and to tempt.

There are a number of questions that comes across, some like this one. If God all powerful, great,.. let him create a huge sphere... so huge that he can't carry... Then they ask "If he creates such a huge sphere that no one can carry, he can also not carry. So he his not that powerful. If he carries that means he cannot create such a huge sphere.

The first and the foremost aspect in this question is that, God doesn't want to create anything like that for a reason, he is multidimensional. He passes through time and space.

The temple that Jesus spoke was that of his body.

John 2:19-21New King James Version (NKJV)

19 Jesus answered and said to them, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.”

20 Then the Jews said, “It has taken forty-six years to build this temple, and will You raise it up in three days?”

21 But He was speaking of the temple of His body.

The Way of God:
The Way of God is different,  Isaiah 55:8 NIV
"For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways," declares the LORD.


Jesus says we are his Friends:

John 15:13-15English Standard Version (ESV) 13 Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends. 14 You are my friends if you do what I command you. 15 No longer do I call you servants, for the servant[b] does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, forall that I have heard from my Father I have made known to you.

but when we are righteous and have done according to God's will, he should say   ‘We are unworthy servants; we have only done our duty.’”

In the first instance when Jesus says Friends it is from the God's point of view on us. The second view is how we have to say to God when we have done his will. Jesus demonstrated this through his life and his words at the cross reminds us of this words which he has spoken earlier in his life, as to how one has to conduct, how one has to look at the thing that God looks at. God loves us so much that he says Friends, he died for our sins and rose on third day. Are we the Unworthy servants?

Luke 17 New International Version (NIV)

Sin, Faith, Duty

17 Jesus said to his disciples: “Things that cause people to stumble are bound to come, but woe to anyone through whom they come. 2 It would be better for them to be thrown into the sea with a millstone tied around their neck than to cause one of these little onesto stumble. 3 So watch yourselves.

“If your brother or sister[a] sins against you, rebuke them; and if they repent, forgive them. 4 Even if they sin against you seven times in a day and seven times come back to you saying ‘I repent,’ you must forgive them.”

5 The apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith!”

6 He replied, “If you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea,’ and it will obey you.

7 “Suppose one of you has a servant plowing or looking after the sheep. Will he say to the servant when he comes in from the field, ‘Come along now and sit down to eat’? 8 Won’t he rather say, ‘Prepare my supper, get yourself ready and wait on me while I eat and drink; after that you may eat and drink’? 9 Will he thank the servant because he did what he was told to do? 10 So you also, when you have done everything you were told to do, should say, ‘We are unworthy servants; we have only done our duty.’”

HAVE A GREAT AND BLESSED DAY AHEAD

Wait On The Lord

Psalm 27:14New International Version (NIV)

14 Wait for the Lord;
    be strong and take heart
    and wait for the Lord.

Waiting for the Lord means giving him the complete access in our life. It is trusting him more. Because if we do not wait, we take things for granted and do it on our ways and the end will be miserable. But if we wait for the Lord, he will do his will and it will be a miracle.

Be Patient with God and Others:

Always look for the sign, ask God if it is his will for anything. Being Patient with God is one of the most important aspect in spiritual life. Being Patient with one another is also very important, never run into conclusion of Judgment. 

Ephesians 4:2 NIV Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love.

Wait for the Lord for the renewal of Strength like that of an Eagle:

Isaiah 40:31(NKJV)

31 But those who wait on the Lord
Shall renew their strength;
They shall mount up with wings like eagles,
They shall run and not be weary,
They shall walk and not faint.

Wait for the Lord for his Miracles:

Mark 4:26-27 (NIV) ..."This is what the kingdom of God is like. A man scatters seed on the ground. Night and day, whether he sleeps or gets up, the seed sprouts and grows, though he does not know how."

1 Corinthians 3:6 NIV I planted the seed, Apollos watered it, but God has been making it grow.

James 5:11 NIV

As you know, we count as blessed those who have persevered. You have heard of Job's perseverance and have seen what the Lord finally brought about. The Lord is full of compassion and mercy.

James 5:7-12New International Version (NIV)

Patience in Suffering

7 Be patient, then, brothers and sisters, until the Lord’s coming. See how the farmer waits for the land to yield its valuable crop, patiently waiting for the autumn and spring rains.8 You too, be patient and stand firm, because the Lord’s coming is near. 9 Don’t grumble against one another, brothers and sisters, or you will be judged. The Judge is standing at the door!

10 Brothers and sisters, as an example of patience in the face of suffering, take the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord. 11 As you know, we count as blessed those who have persevered. You have heard of Job’s perseverance and have seen what the Lord finally brought about. The Lord is full of compassion and mercy.

12 Above all, my brothers and sisters, do not swear—not by heaven or by earth or by anything else. All you need to say is a simple “Yes” or “No.” Otherwise you will be condemned.