What Happened on Wednesday?

             This is Holy Week, or what some refer to as Passover Week.  It is the time between Palm Sunday, when the crowds welcomed Jesus into Jerusalem, and Resurrection Sunday when Christ rose from the dead.  The days between those two Sundays were filled with many noteworthy events. 

            On Monday, Jesus cleared the money changers and various markets from the Temple.  More important than the cleansing was His declaration that “My House will be called a House of Prayer” (Matthew 21: 13 NIV84).

            Tuesday was the day that He had a final confrontation with the Pharisees and Religious Leaders.  He knew what they were planning, and He took one last opportunity to show them the error of their ways.  As educated men, they should have recognized the Messiah when He stood before them, but they were too consumed with their own power and prestige to see Jesus as the Christ.  Jesus took them to task for that, calling them “hypocrites”, “blind guides”, and “snakes” (Matthew 23: 1 – 36).

            Then, came Wednesday.  The Scriptures are silent as to what took place that day.  Some speculate that it was Wednesday when Judas approached the Religious Leaders with his plot to betray Jesus, but we can’t be sure of the day.  One thing that we don’t know is, what was Jesus doing on Wednesday.

The Scripture doesn’t tell us, but there are a couple of possibilities.  He may have spent some quality time with the twelve disciples, preparing them for the Mission that lay ahead.  However, considering the extended teaching at the Passover Meal, as described by John (John 13: 1 – 16: 33), there may not have been any need for teaching on Wednesday. I think it is more likely, considering what He was facing, that He spent that day in communion with His Father.  He knew what was coming.  He knew the physical pain that He was facing.  He also knew the separation that would come when He bore the sins of all mankind.  Perhaps He needed the reassurance, encouragement, and compassion of His Father, to prepare Him for what lay ahead. 

I don’t know what took place on Wednesday, but I do know that Jesus often took time to be alone with His Father (Matthew 14: 23, Luke 9:18, & John 6: 15).  Although He is the Son of God, He was also human, and He needed that quiet time to re-energize and prepare for what lay ahead.  He did not neglect spending time with Almighty God. 

Perhaps, we should follow His lead.  We face trials of various kinds and degrees every day.  Spending time with our Father just might be what we need to get through to the other side, just as Jesus did.  Don’t neglect your quiet time.  I’m confident that Jesus didn’t.

Matthew 14: 23

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