I remember my first time using a microscope. It was probably around 5th or 6th grade. The coldness of the science lab, the height and hardness of the lab table’s countertop, the smell of the solutions…My classmates and I were amazed at the difference when we looked at a slide through the objective lens. What was unseen with the naked eye was made visible. The root was revealed. The specimen magnified, a cell’s nucleus was now made clear.
With this same child-like wonder we should look at life through the lens of the cross. From hosanna to hatred, within a week the people’s hearts grew cold. They hung Him high on a surface hard and rugged. The smell of defeat was pungent, but there was more to the surface than meets the eye. Three days later brought the smell of sweet success when Jesus rose victorious. Keeping the cross, the resurrection as our objective makes a difference. No matter what life brings before us, light shines through the darkest of circumstances when Jesus is the center of our joy.
“Oh magnify The Lord with me, and let us exalt His name together.”
-Psalm 34:3
