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There’s a Scripture that says, to God a day is as a thousand years (2 Peter 3:8). There was one day that, to God, seemed to last a thousand years. It was the day His beloved Son hung on the cross. That day went on…and on…and on…and on. It never seemed to stop.
And then the verse goes on to say, to God a thousand years is as a day. To us, Christ’s crucifixion happened 2,000 years ago; but to God, it happened just a couple days ago. 1
God has not forgotten even a modicum of the torments of Calvary. The cross is as fresh today in God’s mind as the moment it happened.
The cross was intense not only in it’s horrific suffering but also in its interminable duration. The pain just never seemed to stop. The nightmare seemed to stretch on for a thousand years. When you see how violent the torment was, and how long it lasted, you understand why God feels so deeply about it.
The blood of Christ means as much to God right now as it did the moment it was shed. It’s as fresh and atoning today as it was 2,000 years ago. Every glance at Christ’s blood produces unfathomable emotions within the breast of God because it reminds Him of His Son’s extreme devotion and the massive work of redemption which that blood purchased.
Which is why faith in the blood is so powerful. When you invoke the blood of Christ, you unlock the infinite passions of the eternal God. Believe in Christ’s blood and the heart of Abba Father turns seemingly inside-out as He eagerly lavishes upon you His glorious favor. He opens the storehouses of heaven for those who look to the blood, because He loves to honor those who honor that which is most precious to Him.
One of the most empowering, liberating, and revitalizing things you can do is acknowledge, on a daily basis, the efficacious power of the blood of Jesus Christ upon your life.
O the wisdom and glory of the cross! The blood of His cross has my fealty forever!
When I can’t make sense of my journey, I go back to the cross. When I can’t process my pain levels, I go back to the cross. When my wound seems incurable, I go back to the cross. When I can’t see my way forward, I go back to the cross.
When it feels like He’s withholding from me, I go back to the cross. Because sometimes the accuser hits me with that ancient accusation, “God’s withholding from you. He could deliver you right now, but He’s holding out on you.” That accusation is as old as the hills. It dates all the way back to the Garden of Eden, when Satan first accused the Father to Eve. Essentially, his accusation to Eve was, “God knows how much better you would be if you ate of the tree. That’s why He’s withholding it from you. He doesn’t want you to become everything you could fully be.”
That’s still one of the accuser’s favorite accusations. “God’s withholding from you.” He’s probably tried that one on you too.
But the cross nailed that accusation. Because when I look at the cross, I see a God with nails in His hands, a nail in His feet, a crown of thorns on His brow, and stripes on His back. As He hangs there with arms spread wide, He says to me, “I give you My mind. I give you My soul. I give you My heart. I give you My body. I give you My strength. I give you My all. I give you My last breath. I give you My last drop of blood.”
I declare to you that my God withholds nothing from me! He has given me His best. He has given me His all. His extravagance has empowered me, in turn, to withhold nothing from Him. He has given me His everything, and now I give Him my everything. I am His and He is mine.
God doesn’t ever have to do another thing for me to prove that He loves me. If He never does anything for me ever again—if He never blesses me, if He never answers my prayer, if He never delivers me—the cross is enough to prove the authenticity of His undying affection. It’s because of the cross that I know He loves me!
And since His cross has made me so confident in love, I will never be silent; I will never relent; I will never let go; but I always lift my cry to my God and call on His name, until He fulfills His promise and delivers me.
1 Jesus is described in His present glorified state as “a Lamb as though it had been slain” (Revelation 5:6). That’s because Christ’s sacrifice is as fresh in God’s mind as though it happened just moments ago.
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