I have hidden Thy word in my heart.
(Picture by Lisa R)

Luke 23. “Wanting to release Jesus, Pilate appealed to them again. But they kept shouting, ‘Crucify Him! Crucify Him!’ For the third time he spoke to them: ‘Why? What crime has this man committed? I have found in Him no grounds for the death penalty. Therefore I will have Him punished and then release him.’ But with loud shouts they insistently demanded that He be crucified, and their shouts prevailed. So Pilate decided to grant their demand. He released the man who had been thrown into prison for insurrection and murder, the one they asked for, and surrendered Jesus to their will” (Verses 22-25). I know we’d like to believe that we would have done it differently, but the truth is we wouldn’t have. We live life the same now, as they did then. We are just as human now, as they were then. We crucify Christ on a daily basis with our disobedience, lies, lust, greed…They cried, “Crucify, crucify”, when no sin was committed. And in the place of Christ asked for a murderer instead.