At What Point

I wonder at what point did Jesus, in his humanity, ever feel that what he was doing for us was a big waste of time? Yes, he was also obeying the Father by coming, living, and dying. To justify God as the One who justifies the unrighteous Jesus had to die. (A lot is happening on that cross theologically and judicially. Not my purpose here.) As Jesus sweat drops of blood in the Garden of Gethsemane, was the tempter trying to get him to second-guess himself? What went through his mind as his dedicated disciple Peter denied him three times in a short time span? As the hecklers, whom he died for, mocked him on the cross; what kept him up there? At what point was it enough? Fortunately, for us Jesus came for a purpose, and he was not deterred by our poor performance. He was not deterred by our lack of allegiance, lack of effort, lack of integrity, or anything else. —-At what point do we die to self and serve Christ just because we love him, and we are thankful for what he did for us? Does God ask too much of us who come to Him by faith? How are you serving the risen Savior today? Are you prone to excuses when it comes to giving back to the God who saved you? Your time, talent and money is all you have on this earth. They are limited resources. The temptation is to keep them for yourself. Christ left heaven, where all kinds of amazing creatures were just worshiping him, to come here to be, well… not so welcomed and worshiped. Put that in perspective as you adjust your time and giving of your God-given stuff.