Approaching Easter with a renewed passion

As I approach this easter, God has graciously given me a refreshed vision for the importance of the passion week. Easter has been a time to look forward to the newest church production, dress up in your best spring outfit, or gather with extended family after a bi-annual church visit.  As the gospel becomes sweeter to me through reading of the Word of God,  the remembrance of the atoning death of Christ on the cross becomes a fresh renewing of my purpose in life.  

"[He] was numbered with the transgressors, yet he bore the sins of many, and makes intercessions for the intercessors" Isaiah 53:12.

2,000 years ago our Saviour became our sacrifice and took on the Father's wrath. The weight of the whole world's sin on a sinless Christ was much worse than the brutal and bloody death on the cross. We know that the pain that Christ endured is abundantly worse than any pain that we will face because we are not holy and we have never felt the entire sin of the whole world.

When we approach Easter, are we reflecting on the wrath Jesus Christ absorbed for us? Are we reflecting on the selfless act of love Christ exhibited while enduring physical abuse?  Are we reflecting on God's holiness and our unworthiness? Are we reflecting on a Jesus Christ who is alive and interceding for us today?

Thank you Jesus.