Moment of Meditation: Forsaken

MESSIANIC PROPHECY: Forsaken

Zechariah 13:7

Sword, begin to stir; be ready to strike My shepherd,

to strike the man at My side.

Strike the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will scatter.

I'll turn My hand against the little ones.

Mark 14:50

When they saw the armed crowd take Jesus into custody, the disciples fled.

Thought:

God struck Jesus the Shepherd and the disciple sheep were scattered. Everyone fled from Gethsemane because they were afraid of being arrested with Jesus. Even loud-mouthed Simon Peter, who had boasted that he would even die with Jesus rather than forsake Him, ran scared from the soldiers. But Jesus had to be left alone, forsaken by all, in order to pay for our sins alone. Amen.